The Silent Journey traces the path of lifelong teacher Michael J.
Bellito, who had to give up his beloved profession after suffering a stroke.
I had a stroke on August 17, 2012, he says.
My whole right side was paralyzed, plus I had the inability to talk.
I was only 62 years old, ready to start my forty-first year of teaching.
Ironically, I taught speech as well as English.
I couldn't talk at all.
Pretty wild for a speech teacher.
It changed my life forever.
I could either give up trying or make every day a new day.
I chose the latter.
With a whole group of therapists, I learned to walk and talk again, and to use my left hand exclusively.
I learned to write and type this book with my left hand.
This is a non-fiction, narrative book, which describes the agony I went through at first, and the relief I felt after two years at being able to come back.
About the Author: Michael J.
Bellito wrote several novels before this memoir.
He was a teacher for forty years.
He taught English and speech classes for thirty-two years at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and also taught at Harper College.
The author and his wife Joani have two children and five grandchildren.
Today, I can't move my right arm (my dominant arm).
I can barely move my right leg, but I get around with no trouble, and I walk a half mile every day, without a cane.
God has been good to me.
(It was originally written in 2016.
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