I have been gone for about two months and thought I would explain where I have been and what I have been doing.
My father suffered a catastrophic stroke in early August that left him paralyzed and the only thing he could control were his eye blinks and this is how he learned how to communicate. He had something called, "Locked in syndrome". My family resides in Hawaii and he was living in Colorado. We flew out to be with him. The prognosis for "LIS" is not good.
The most common things to happen from this are pneumonia because you are basically bed ridden.
One of the doctors suggested a book called, "The Diving bells and The butterflies" about a Frenchman who had the same stroke and wrote about his experience but he had been in a coma and had control over one eye.
I decided after going through this experience to start writing a book about the experience of watching someone go through this because really there is only one book in print about it. Its mostly about death, dying, acceptance and forgiveness.
This has really been a long journey. My life hasn't been normal for awhile and it will be nice to try and get it back.
I've kind of hit a brick wall or the famous "writer's block" and wanted to ask for suggestions on what I can write about
I'm sorry your life has taken a rather unexpected turn. I only hope you can find something from all the death and sadness.
Since I'm not sure what you've wrriten thus far, my suggestions may seem silly. But, I suggest you take the time to look back on your relationship with your father. Look at the times you were mad at him, or when he was mad at you, or even when the two of you get along. Describe your relationship, and how it's changed since all this has happened.
~C
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