A sudden disabling stroke hit Annette Libeskind Berkovits' son, leaving him unable to care for himself, or his wife and children and leaving her in deep grief. She wrote as a way to respond to the crushing weight of his circumstance, needing to put words on paper to navigate this strange and unfamiliar territory. Over time, her writing evolved into poetry and her poetry into a book, drawing on the phrase she had learned along the way; Erythra Thalassa- brain interrupted. Join us as we talk about how she came to terms with the losses her family suffered after her son's stroke and what helps her to go forward, accepting the new normal that she and her family experience.