Happy Birthday!
So I've not posted on here in
three years.
There's no excuse. I've still kept up in your Journal that I write
for you but I was diagnosed with cancer back in October of 2017. Prostate
cancer to be exact. It scared the living shit out of me. Not so much because I
am scared of dying, I'm not really afraid of death, but because I felt helpless
and what would become of you, Wade & Brandi if something happened
to me & I couldn't work or died?
Well, I had
surgery and so far, everything is good. I’ve had blood work done every 6 months
since 2018 and no cancer. The other thing that happened is I took on another
full time firefighting job. I did this to secure my retirement (50% pay of the
average yearly earnings for a year, based on my high 4 earning years). Since
this blog is public, I’ll not post the names of the Departments, you know them
and they’re in your Journal.
So, to recap
the last three years: I was scared shitless, we decided to home-school you and
Wade and my mom, Lois bought the house next door to us and moved here from
South Carolina.
You have
been TERRIFIC this whole time. We’ve had wonderful family vacations, you have
grown taller and we have shared a lot of hard times but also a lot of love.
Your
favorite “toy” is a Beanie Baby that is a black dog you named “Soft Dog”. You
take Soft Dog EVERYWHERE with you and flip out if he’s missing. One time last
year, you left Soft Dog at the grocery store. We called and no one had turned
him in so I ordered you a new one online. When the new one came in you were
somewhat content and named it “Soft Buddy”- as Soft Dog was irreplaceable. Well
the store found Soft Dog and gave it back so now you have two except that they
look a little different and YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL THEM APART. No fooling you.
Hahaha.
We had a
party for your tenth birthday yesterday and you had a great time and got lots
of presents. I even got you a 4wheeler.
I can’t
believe it’s been ten years today. Wow.
Time flies buddy. Use it wisely. You’ll blink and it’ll be gone.
Below are
some pics from the last few birthdays and I will try my best to write more
often. I love you Bodie!
-Dad.
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