And Life Begins is the chronicle of a stroke survivor's struggles of endurance, acceptance, and determination to create a new life during the first year of recovery. A heart-wrenching story covers a vanquished career, the struggles of recovery, the challenges of society, friends, existence, and self-redemption. Faced with the expectation of being a victim, the journey to becoming a survivor and starting life over is told with brutal honesty, describing feelings and thoughts as they occurred at that moment in time. Recognizing the limitations and current beliefs of society, the search for reason and encouragement to begin life again provided the inspiration to overcome.