When you've had two strokes, you're waiting in hospital for your mother to visit you only to be told she passed away 23 years ago and you looked in the mirror and didn't know you were looking at yourself and someone asked you to choose a metaphor that describes what you've been through, what would you choose? Maybe, 'Living on a prayer…' Carole Pyke chose as her metaphor, 'Stand on your own two feet.'