I've come to notice that my best ideas come to me seemingly by accident. How frustrating is that?! In giving some thought to this short essay assignment, I've been leaning towards writing about cancer. I know I've talked about it in previous blogs, but just haven't figured out how to write about it yet. But, every time I think I've settled on a topic, my brain spits out something that I find even more interesting than the first idea. So, anyway, here are the ideas I have so far:
1. The experience of surgery
- "signing" your life away (should anything go wrong during surgery)
- the cold operating room
- the happy 90's soft rock music playing in the OR
- the abruptness of being knocked out
- the confusion upon waking up
- the sickness/ reaction to anesthesia
(All of this is fine and dandy, but I'm not sure what's so special about it that I could turn it into creative non-fiction.)
Actual letters found in hidden in one of the walls in my kitchen.
2. Letters in the Wall
- My childhood/ parents doing major construction on our kitchen
- plastic bag found in the wall filled with old letters from the 30's/40's
- years later I took possession of the letters and read some
- Letters from a young Jewish man to a young Catholic woman about their secret relationship
- social security card, driver's permit, picture of a woman
- Found some of the family of the woman on facebook, but hesitant to contact them about the letters, afraid that they'll want them.
- Whose letters are they? Ours, because they were found on our property? Or theirs, because they are the thoughts and feelings of one of their beloved family members? While I'm leaning towards the latter, I still have trouble accepting the idea that I might have to part with them, should I ever make contact with these people.
Already, I have a feeling that I will be writing about my second idea. Maybe I should just forget about cancer altogether! Haha.
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