A Layout & A Challenge For You...

During the first week of December, we learned that my Dad has the big "C" word!!! The bad news is that it's in his Small Intestine and also in his back. The good news is that it was caught early! Almost 2 weeks ago, I went with him to have a port installed that Chemo will be given in (thank goodness for modern medicine). I mostly went with him because my Mother was still in the hospital from having her Hernia operated on. Nothing like having one parent in a hospital, then the other having surgery at the other hospital across town! Anyways, what I'm getting at is that growing up, I was always proud of my Dad although I didn't show the respect to him that I should have but as an adult and watching him that day, I couldn't have been more proud to have him as my Dad! He's been very scared about this but every single Nurse was so good to him. He smiled and joked like nothing was going on, then upon leaving accepted hugs from at least a dozen of Nurses. What really touched me the most was witnessing his love for my Mom. She's not an easy woman to get along with sometimes. Trust me, I know because I'm alot like her! However, that day I counted at least 5 times that Dad asked a nurse if she knew my Mom because she works in the Central Supply Department of that hospital and then right away, he'd grin and say that they were going on 44 years of marriage. That was at least FIVE times, my Dad spoke with pride about my Mom being his wife...... now that's true love! My challenge to you and you can do it a couple of ways. First, think of a true love story and scrap about it or secondly, think of who inspires you the most, then make a layout of that person. Sometimes it takes something bad coming along to make us really appreciate a person and what they mean to us... In my case, I'm learning that it won't kill me to pick up the phone at least once a day to call my parents (although I'm calling them WAY too much right now but that's just because I worry so much) and it won't kill me to make a meal for them once in awhile. I'm so glad that I've been given the 2nd chance to do all of this, some people aren't that lucky.