Welcome to strangers from KCHOW's independent producer project and storycentral.org.

I'm going to love you like nobody's loved you.

Come rain or come shine.

My name is Leah Tao, and I'm recording this on July 4th, America's Independence Day.

And today's story is very much a story about dependence and independence and interdependence.

It's the story of Jane and Henry Evans.

It might seem like a bit of a down on at first, but not for long, I think you'll find.

About 11 years ago, Henry Evans was your all-American dad, tall, handsome, do-it-yourself kind of guy, married to his high school sweetheart, Jane.

He was CFO of a Silicon Valley startup, and they had four kids when Henry suddenly suffered a rare kind of stroke called a stem brain stroke.

And as you can perhaps tell from the name, it's not good.

It left him paralyzed and mute.

He was just 40 years old, and his kids were 6, 8, 12, and 13.

The doctors told his wife that she had to put Henry in a facility,

that there was no way she could care for him at home.

She disagreed.

You ready, Henry?

This is Jane preparing to transfer Henry from his bed to his wheelchair.

Gravity is my friend.

Jane is tiny. She's 5'2 and weighs about 100 pounds of that.

Henry is 6'4, and he weighs twice what she weighs.

So, I've got the bed all the way up.

Like this.

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