May 2025 Carol Rohl

Carol Rohl

Eleven years post-stroke, good friend and musician from Australia, Penny Davies, visited us in Maine. She wrote a beautiful poem about my recovery, based on the concept of starting each day with a pile of quarters energy-wise. By the end of the day, they would be gone and I had to be very smart about how I spent them.

When my husband, Gordon Bok read the poem, he was inspired to write a tune to go with it. On a Maine visit a few years later, Penny, Gordon and Penny’s husband, Roger Ilott recorded this version. I am so grateful for the love and caring they express in their singing of it.

Listen to the recording here.

Lyrics to the song can be found here. (PDF attached to this email)

Thank you!