In December 1988, Floyd Skloot was stricken overnight by a virus that targeted his brain, permanently disabling key executive functions. The following excerpt is from his fine memoir, In the Shadow of Memory. "Over time, I began to recognize the possibilities for transformation. I saw another kind of acceptance as being viable, the kind espoused by Robert Frost when he said, 'Take what is given, and make it over your own way.' That is, after all, the root meaning of the verb, "to accept," which comes from the Latin accipere, or "take to oneself." It implies an embrace. Not a giving up but a welcoming. People encourage the sick to resist, to fight back [...] I began to realize that the most aggressive act I could perform on my own behalf was to stop struggling and discover what I could really do."
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