As you have noticed, it has been a few days since I published a blog post. This weekend I got a phone call that I needed to help my family as my dad had a severe stroke and had been rushed to the local trauma center. Being that I have robust navigational skills, I dropped everything, hopped in my mom’s car, and headed there without a fuss or questioning.

Neither of us had been in this nearby city for some time. First relying on GPS to get us there, eventually it took us off the freeway and we were on some backroads. In the process, medical people were calling in asking all sorts of questions, of which I was also some help to my mother, but in this process, we realized that the address that we had selected was the wrong address. Without hesitation, I immediately did a proper search and we got back towards where we had needed to be and while the hospital was completely new to us, I was able to get to the trauma center.

Upon arrival, we had briefly learned that my father had been already admitted and placed into a room within the hospital and again we had to relocate my mother’s vehicle at night and again enter a foreign territory, but again we conquered the battle and got to where we needed to be. We had the assistance of an ambassador that helped get us to where we needed to be in the hospital and eventually, we were able to see my father.

At first, there were a lot of struggles that my father had been facing. But my father is a strong-willed man and that is where I get my strong-will keep going when the going gets tough. While he was not totally aware of what had happed that night, over the last few days, reality had set in and while that can be hard to set in, ironically, he has made quite impressive progress that has impressed both my mother and I and even though at times he may not realize it, he is doing quite well and we are quite hopeful he will come around amazingly.

However, for me it has always been hard to adapt to change and keep strong, but there is a reality that even though my father and I have not always seen things the same way for a majority of my life, there has always been a kindred spirit between us and even as much as it can be hard to be doubtful, selfish and act in a way that I had done for many, many years towards him, I know now more than ever there is a necessity for me to be supportive of him and letting him know that he can conquer this setback just as he has been there for all of mine and even though he has shown his care in unique ways, there is no doubt that he is very proud of me and now it is my responsibility to do what is right by him and show him that he too has the possibility to live the potential that he will be able to live and I will love him just as he has loved me all these years because that is what family is about, regardless of the challenges that you are dealt, you do what is needed to make life the best that it can be.