My Dad

It's been about 3 1/2 years since my dad passed away but I think of him a lot and I feel he deserves a post.  My relationship was extremely close to him.  He passed when he was 58 and about the last 10 years of his life were spent trying to recover from a stroke that he never fully recovered from.  He got worn down by life and became fraile and very skinny.  He had an unhealthy heart that lasted way longer than probably anyone thought.  He was actually born with a hole in his heart.  When he was in high school, he had open heart surgery and was told he'd probably not live past 20 years of age.  I bring all this up about my dad for a couple of reasons.  One is the one that gives me hope, that he made it to 58 when he wasn't supposed to go past 20.  Totally different problems but none of us no when our expiration date is actually going to be and that gives me hope.  Another reason I bring this up about my dad is every time I look in the mirror, I see him.  I look a lot like him and unfortunately I'm pretty fraile just like he became.  I loved my dad as much as anyone in the world and its good that I think of him all the time.  However, he'd be crushed to see the resemblance we have in each other right now.  I'm crushed about the resemblance in the sense it just means I'm a little beat up.  I know one day we'll get to reunite and that can seem exciting but he's thinking the same thing I am right now.  Hold onto dear life and fight for my family.  I talked to him tonight while I was doing one of the most peaceful things in the world which is rocking a little baby girl while she fell asleep in my arms.  I told him I look forward to seeing him but I've got more important things to do right now.  Anyhow, this post is a little overdue for me but it's an important one to me.
On the homefront, we are doing well.  I recovered probably quicker than I ever have.  Last Friday I got to spend much of the day outside and played with the girls that majority of the afternoon.  It was warm enough for me to be outside which was a true blessing.  The sun was out half of the day and that was a true blessing.  Most importantly, I truly cherished watching the girls play with big smiles on their faces.  I got to push the girls on the swings and I lasted about 15 minutes which is actually a pretty good workout when you've got two of them going.  I still had to take my 2 hour rest but the rest of the day seemed like an eternity.  This weekend is Morgan's first birthday weekend.  Her 4th birthday is Tuesday so we celebrated some this weekend and we'll celebrate some more next weekend.  She got her Dora bike from mom and dad which is what she had been asking for.  Her Uncle Brad come in town from Chicago and got to spend some quality time with the girls and us.  Mimi and Gram got to visit with us while we did a birthday dinner for her on Saturday.  Morgan enjoyed her weekend and is pumped it's not even her birthday yet.
I'm looking forward to having a whole good week ahead of me this week and hopefully all will go well.  I've got a CT scan next Monday the 28th before my next treatment which I'm looking forward to.  We have room to be optimistic going into it but we'll have to wait and see.  God is doing amazing things in my life right now.  If any guys in the area are interested, I'm heading to SECC's Oldham County kickoff for forming Men's groups next Saturday the 26th.  If any of you guys out here are interested in checking it out with me, let me know, I'd love to check it out with you.  I'm looking forward to the meeting and look forward to further deepening my relationship.