{"id":173,"date":"2025-07-30T16:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:10:43","slug":"chapter-28-a-confession-in-recovery-books-distant-friends-of-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 28: A Confession in Recovery – “Books, Distant Friends of Knowledge”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The weather is gradually warming up now. I used to keep the house boiler on high because of the cold, but now I can open the windows for fresh air. I see more people outside, often noticing those exercising near my home. It seems the time has come for me to slowly start exercising too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a library right next to my house. Of course, I still can’t speak properly, but I see many people who visit my home reading books. Lately, I’ve been thinking, ‘Even though I’m injured, how wonderful would it be if I could slowly read books like this?’ I used to read a lot. When I was working, I didn’t have time for books, but now I think it would be truly great if I could study by reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the reality is different. I literally can’t read books at all. I’ve prepared to read several times, but I just couldn’t do it. The fact that I can’t read was utterly absurd. I never imagined I wouldn’t be able to read for the rest of my life. It’s truly an incredible thing. ‘Wow… I’ve become unable to read… Wow… it’s truly unbelievable…’ I get lost in thoughts like these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recall something my old professors used to say: ‘When you get old, there will come a time when you can’t read books.’ It’s so disheartening to think that I can’t read now. Of course, I believe my mind will gradually improve. But I don’t know when my body will be completely well. I should ask the Samsung Hospital professor at my next appointment when I might be able to read books again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2705 Simple, Repetitive Word Practice \u2013 Speech Support (English)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Ball Ball Ball Ball Ball Ball Ball Ball Ball Ball<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Chair Chair Chair Chair Chair Chair Chair Chair Chair Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Bear Bear Bear Bear Bear Bear Bear Bear Bear Bear<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Pistol Pistol Pistol Pistol Pistol Pistol Pistol Pistol Pistol Pistol<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Tomato Tomato Tomato Tomato Tomato Tomato Tomato Tomato Tomato Tomato<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Dry (as in ‘dryer’ or ‘blow-dry’) Dry Dry Dry Dry Dry Dry Dry Dry Dry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Ladder Ladder Ladder Ladder Ladder Ladder Ladder Ladder Ladder Ladder<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl Fishbowl<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Deer Deer Deer Deer Deer Deer Deer Deer Deer Deer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The weather is gradually warming up now. I used to keep the house boiler on high because of the cold, but now I can open the windows for fresh air. I see more people outside, often noticing those exercising near my home. It seems the time has come for me to slowly start exercising too. … \ub354 \uc77d\uae30<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[15,22,18,16,19,23,21,20,24,17],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter","tag-aphasia","tag-brain-damage","tag-cerebrovascular-disease","tag-hemorrhage","tag-infarct","tag-ischemic","tag-language-disorders","tag-lesion","tag-recovery","tag-storke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}