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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | MARCH 2, 2022
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Vober’s ‘choices’ shared in new book BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
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ori Vober said she believes God has a plan for everyone, citing Jeremiah 29:11 NIV, “For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Vober suffered an intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke at age 29, and, from it, developed epilepsy. She felt called to share her story, and her journey of faith and perseverance, to encourage others. “It was caused by a malformation of the blood vessels on the right side of my brain,” she said. “I had a massive brain bleed. I had just left corporate America, left the airline industry, three weeks prior to take a position at our church.
“We were trying to start our family, and we thought less travel and less stress would help the situation. One day, I started feeling really bad. I called my parents, and they met me at the church.” Before she made it to the hospital, she lost consciousness. Upon arrival at the medical center, she had five-hour brain surgery to stop the bleeding. For several days, she was in a drug-induced coma. When she awoke, her left side was paralyzed. She had to relearn to walk through therapy. “I’m doing very well,” she said. “I’m independent. I don’t need a walker. I still have a disability, especially on the left side. I can drive. I dedicated the next seven years of my life to physical
therapy. It was a full-time job for me.” To share her story, she is releasing a book called “Choices” on Trilogy Christian Publishing, a subsidiary of TBN. Set for release Friday, March 11, “Choices” can be picked up early at Ribbons Tea House in Litchfield Park from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 5. “About this time last year, I felt God calling me, saying, ‘I saved you from a stroke and I gave you a story, so get writing,’” she recalled. “A year later, this is how my book is coming out. It’s about my faith journey and my journey through our perseverance and the challenges of stroke. “I developed epilepsy from the stroke. My book also discusses job loss and adoption parenting. We’re all faced
with challenges — big and small. We also have a choice of how we’re going to react to those challenges. It’s our attitude that can carry us a long way. I hope my story can give hope and encouragement to others.” Born in Atlanta, Vober considers Texas to be her home because she spent her high school and college years in the Lone Star State. She graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing. Vober and her husband, Dainis, met in Minnesota after she was transferred there for her job after graduation. Married in Texas in 1998, they live in Goodyear. They purchased land in Pin-
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