How often we hear-you only go around once Not for me The experiences in the book are meant to encourage others who might be facing something traumatic in their lives. I have found that you are the only one who can classify yourself as "disabled." If you let others talk you into that label, and believe it, you will become that. If you talk yourself into that label, you already are that. Quite frankly, I was and still am slightly miffed that into my life, which I liked very much, this impediment chose to arise. A silent killer had been lurking in my body and I really was blessed it had never chosen to reveal itself earlier. I was also so blessed by the many circumstances which fell into place the day the aneurysm occurred. Without these, I would not be here today. So, after learning to accept the "new" person I am, I had to define what I wanted my new life to be like. This is that story.