That Good Ol' Family Heart Trouble

For the “Cast Your Bucket Down” project, Mr. Dickson recommended that we choose a topic that we can relate to, because what’s a work of writing without passion behind it, right? So I chose the subject of illnesses and diseases resulting from poor dietary choices and habits. I have a family history of such diseases including the all-powerful diabetes and high cholesterol induced from hearty partaking of greasy goodness. So with sparing my family’s dignity and health issues put aside, I should have plenty of first hand knowledge for research, maybe even a picture or two of the rainbow of pills my father has to pop everyday because of his diabetes.

Just last summer I visited my great-grandfather’s grave and underneath the tombstone was a war plaque; it turns out that he fought in War World II. After the whole family history jazz was given to me, I asked my father if he died in war. No. Great- grandfather died of heart trouble. So now I’m just looking for prime time for an interview from one of my older family members with that good ol’ family heart trouble. Currently I’m debating what research will be needed in order to create either a play inspired from my father’s hospitalization, or a short non-fiction work about the subject.