I’m going to take a few minutes here to celebrate today 09/20/2020 and tomorrow 09/21/2020. “Another week in paradise” will have to wait another couple of days.
Today marks the anniversary of my release from the hospital 24 years ago. After almost two grueling months of enduring and surviving my bone marrow transplant, I made it home in time to watch my son Joseph enter into this world. I know that I am rehashing information that I very recently wrote about, but every year that I get to be here is so special to me. I had two very important goals to reach when my journey began. The first of course, to survive the transplant so that I could get home to Nick and meet Joey. The second, to see Nick graduate from Kindergarten.
Tomorrow, I will wish Joey a happy 24th birthday. As usual, he is traveling…. in Florida this time…celebrating his special day. Happy Birthday Joe! And of course, I got to see Nick graduate from Kindergarten, Middle school ( somewhat because he spent his graduation ceremony in the hospital with an appendicitis attack!), High School and College. I have so much to be thankful for, I am a very lucky guy. I appreciate everyone of you that are following along with my blog. Those of you that aren’t very familiar with my story, get ready for a wild ride. I wish that I could say that everything was smooth sailing after the transplant but that just wasn’t the case. My heart aches for what my little boys had to witness and endure for so many years watching me battle cancer. I also can’t imagine the “What if?” if I didn’t make it. For so many, that “What if?” is a reality. I feel so bad for those not as fortunate as me.
Especially this crazy year, 2020, hug your kids and remind them how special they are and tell them how much you love them everyday. Or text them. They never answer the freakin phone :).
Next Up: Another week in Paradise…(I promise)