Dave Evans

Well, our kids were of similar age, and we frequented the same church.

We lived in the same town, so we were neighbors.

Well, his problem was he was having strokes.

And it turned out he came from a long line of people who have strokes.

He was a technical writer in Silicon Valley.

We were in Silicon Valley.

And he was having a good career.

And his problem was, how could he get back to working full time?

He'd had to take a stop out.

The way his stroke had hit him was getting in the way of his ability to work.

And he was wondering if I could help him figure out a way to get his skills back to where he could get back on the job.

Right.

He said, well, you know, this, I mean, the problem is, you know, my father died of a stroke.

My brother died of a stroke in his late 50s.

He was about 52 at the time, something like that.

He said, so I don't want to be that guy.

Why is this happening?

Everything's got to happen for a reason.

So it must be that there's something I'm supposed to learn.

So if I could learn what it is that this malady is trying to teach me, then maybe it can stop and I can get my life back.