Yay, it is Friday again, and Fandango has just published his Friday Flashback post. The idea is that he picks a post from this day in a previous year, to give newer readers a better insight into what does and doesn’t make him tick.

I have always liked that idea, so shall also post my own reminiscence. As much as anything, it reminds me of where I was, where I am now, and how far I have come. Hopefully, you will find it entertaining along the way.

Oh, and thank you to Jennifer at Paperkutzs for allowing me to use her image.

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Actually it was quite a difficult “find” today.

In previous years, I did not blog daily and a year ago, we were in the middle of Brexit, and we had just had an announcement from our government that, because they didn’t wish to listen to any dissent, they would suspend parliament. Not surprisingly, the courts subsequently decided that that was illegal. So possibly, when we hear about them wanting to tear up international treaties, we should not really be surprised?

But politics is tedious at the best of times, without re-running old battles, so I reached further back into my stroke days.

This was my first, and so far my only, holiday since the stroke. It highlights the exact reason I started the blog. Whilst previously I would have told you what we did, where we went, and so on, I notice that is muted. There is some of that, sure, but I mostly deal with things like how I coped in the room and on the bus, how I coped walking around the place, etc., things I would have just taken for granted before.

Even if I wemt on holiday today, and might be more likely just to say the same kind of things as I used to…. I’m still aware of the things I posted here – that is how stroke changes people. It’s funny because a lot of elderly people I know do not like being away from home for that very reason – their home has all these little aids to help themn get by with life, which a holiday home or hotel room does not.

Oh, and looking at the post, it looks like I chose it as my Flashback a year ago too – back then I did not post every day, so I’ve been kinda creative with the exact date… But it also must mean that I must have been taking part in this prompt for a whole year!