I awoke this morning with a strange feeling that i should not be here , in this bed.  I wondered how I came to be here, and who were all these people around me, I didn't recognise any of them.

My mind was a whirling dirvish of un- answered questions, who? when? what? why? but I didn't know which one of these strangers to ask, I opened my mouth but the words would not come out the way I expected them to, they were all disjointed and didn't make any sense to me at all.

I began to feel rather afraid, my heart was pounding in my breast and i could feel my blood rushing through my veins with the rising panic, but just then one of the strangers came a little closer to me, he lifted me gently in his arms so that he could raise me up on the pillows that had felt a little flat beneath my head, then he kissed me gently on the lips before he spoke, just three little words, 'I love you' and I knew that it was all going to be alright.

I had no idea who this stranger was, but I was sure in my heart that he must be someone that I loved as much as he appeared to love me, I felt that he was the one person in this surreal world that I had awoken into, that I could trust absolutely.

I looked at him questioningly, it had become clear to me by now that the words that were emanating from my lips were just as unintelligable to the people around me, as they were to myself.

'You have had a stroke' he gently said, 'but you don't have to worry about anything, the doctor says that with time and therapy, we will get you back to yourself again'

And I believed him

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I have no idea how or where this story is going to end, I am just along for the ride whither it takes me

updated Oct 14, 2008 by Louisianarose