This blog was birthed out of the tragedy of my Dad, Chuck Sandstrom's assault on July 1, 2009 and his resulting Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). He is now out of a coma and making progress everyday.
What a miracle as we watched dad preach for the first time since he sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many friends and family gathered and celebrated this milestone with us!
Video of Dad’s Sermon
“The Sandstrom Singers”
Dad wanted all of the family to sing a song at the service today…how fun to all sing together! What [...]
Here is the transcript of the speech Dad gave at last night’s fundraising event. Auburn says, “The greatest moment for most of us last night came when Chuck looked up from the page, leveled his eyes at us all and declared with great power, ‘I intend to emerge fully!’ A spontaneous ovation erupted.”
Here’s the speech [...]
Fox 8 News Story Aired on Thanksgiving and a Video of Dad’s Rehab
As many of you know, on July 1, 2009 while tending to an Akron rental building, Chuck was violently struck in the head by a tenant’s relative over the towing of a vehicle and incurred a severe brain injury. Chuck has made great progress since the assault and 40 days in a coma, but there [...]
I was reminded today of the story below today.
“There were two boys who were the subject of an experiment. One was put into a room with every toy known to children. The other boy was put into a room full of horse manure. They were left alone for quite a while, and [...]
The Mathematics of Jesus
Making Sense of Life When Life Doesn’t Seem to Add Up
by CJ & Shelley Hitz
We are excited to announce that we published our new book this week, “The Mathematics of Jesus.”
After many months of researching, writing and editing, it is finally finished.
I (Shelley) finished the first draft of [...]
Dad came over for dinner again tonight and afterwards we played a game of Yahtzee. He actually remembered it quite well, got the only Yahtzee of the game and beat us all! Way to go Dad!
After getting good rest, he was much clearer in his speech tonight. He still struggles to find [...]
Last week, on October 21st, Dad was officially “laid off” from his position as the Executive Director of the Barberton Community Foundation. He told me several times that this was his “dream job” and where he wanted to be until he retired. So it was bittersweet.
But, we were praying about how the Foundation [...]
Tonight Dad had two visitors. One was David Clark, former Findlay Chief of Police and Pastor here in the local area. They had a great visit!
He was also visited by Ben Mitchell, a good friend. Ben told me, “I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for your [...]