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I have had four strokes

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‘I have had four strokes. The first one was 16 years ago after my late wife died and the last one was in February 2023. I was in hospital for six months. 

‘I love my garden. There are four steps from the kitchen to the path and I sit there and do the weeding. If I didn’t do that, I would sit indoors all day. 

‘The Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6.9–13 has kept me going. It means so much to me. It doesn’t matter where I am or what I’m doing, everything seems OK when I pray it, even if it isn’t. I say it many times a day. 

‘Today the stairlift was broken and everything seemed to go wrong, but the stairlift will sort itself out. The Lord’s Prayer gives me perspective. 

‘Even though I have had a lot to deal with, I have kept going, and it’s the Lord’s Prayer that keeps me going. I don’t feel alone when I say it, even though I have been on my own since my wife died 17 years ago.’

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