About The Author
Andrew Smith is a loving husband, father, certified professional accountant and chartered accountant, author and speaker.
He possesses high-energy, a rambunctious personality, and is known for his infectious sense of humour combined with an unmissable, hearty and loud, evil-villain type of laugh.
His insane humour keeps him grounded, balanced, yet a little off-kilter. Enabling him to navigate through and meticulously document our world; in particular his world, his environment.
This, the environment that has:
- created him;
- challenged him;
- burdened him;
- educated him; and
- grown him.
This same environment has forced him to question everything. Making him seek more, see more, feel more and BE more.
This is the back story, the origins of Andrew Wayne Fitzgerald Smith (AWFS), an uncommon individual with a mostly common name.
Published Books
Rebuilding Janise
No one expects a catastrophic medical event. What do you do when a seemingly normal day turns into one of the worst days in your life?
Andrew Smith describes what happened after his beloved wife, Janise, called him and with slurred words told him she wasn't feeling well. Within an hour she was in the intensive care unit of the hospital, with tubes everywhere, and machines beeping out her vital medical statistics. The doctors told him she had had a massive stroke and there was nothing for Andrew and his bewildered teenage son to do but pray.
What happened next is lovingly told in this book, produced by collecting the author's journaled thoughts and the social media posts he sent out to his large family and their even larger circle of friends over the course of the first year after Janise's stroke. If you are a stroke survivor, or the family, friend, or medical team that supports survivors, then this book is for you.
Upcoming Books
A life in motion (in movement through time) book of poetry
Coming soon - Soon Come...Stay Tuned!
Excerpt - The Process Poem
trusting in the process
but constantly looking ahead of it
anticipating the end
yet benefiting from the foreplay
as racing to the finish
anxious and impatient
will reduce the results
and the rush on arrival
taking several steps forward
and sometimes as many backwards
helps improve the final goal
and will propel you much further
trusting in the process
but constantly looking ahead of it
anticipating the end
yet benefiting from the foreplay
