The Silent Journey

<p><em>The Silent Journey </em>traces the path of lifelong teacher Michael J. Bellito who had to give up his beloved profession after suffering a major stroke.</p><p>“I had a stroke on August 17 2012” he says.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p><strong>About the Author: </strong>Former teacher Michael J. Bellito believes “Jesus had a purpose for us to be there. There was something I had to learn from this life-altering change something I must learn about what I could or should do. This was the time I asked questions about anything if I could get them out. The frustration about not being able to talk was mind-bending. I knew what I wanted to say if I could just say it.”  (It was originally written in 2016.)</p>