Birds of A Feather Cook Together

HELLO, MY NAME IS MARY CRUMPLER, author of “The Lone Star Flamingo: Birds of a Feather Cook Together” cookbook & host of the TV show “Cooking w/The Lone Star Flamingo!

AND I AM A STROKE SURVIVOR AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2010.

I WENT FROM A PERSON OF TOTAL INDEPENDENCE TO A CONFUSED, PARALYZED PERSON ON A WHEELCHAIR TO NEAR DEATH ALL IN THE SPAN OF NEARLY MOMENTS. I HAD SURVIVED MARRIAGE, CHILDBIRTH, DIVORCE, AND MANY OF LIFE’S CHALLENGES BUT NOT THIS ONE!

AS I LAY ON A HOSPITAL STRETCHER, MY MIND WANDERED. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? MY CHILDREN WERE MARRIED? I’M DIVORCED, LIVING IN A TWO STORY HOME WITH NO RELATIVES LIVING CLOSE BY. NOW, I COULD HAVE EASILY HAD A “PITY PARTY”.’ BUT I DECIDED TO DWELL ON ALL OF MY POSITIVES:

I WAS ALIVE,

I HAD INSURANCE

I HAD A TEACHING JOB,

THE SUPPORT OF MANY FRIENDS AND PRAYERS,

AND I HAD MY FAITH.