Every now and then you get news you probably don’t want to hear. Sometimes the news relates to a person, place, or thing. The news you never want to hear is when someone you know and trust becomes ill. Well, today I found out a very special person has been battling some serious health issues and he is still fighting the good fight. While saying I am worried is an understatement, I know that being the fighter that he is, he will prevail, no matter what the outcome.
In life, we all tend to get news we don’t want to hear. It can be something minor or something major, but regardless, we all get news at times that we just don’t want to hear. I guess the reality is, how do we all deal with unwanted news? Do we bury our thoughts? Do we express ourselves? If so, how? To whom? What do you say? How do you say it? There are always so many questions and never enough answers.
I will never forget Thanksgiving in 2008. Our day started off like every other thanksgiving: tired…LOL We went to the annual Thanksgiving day breakfast and football game. While at breakfast, my daughter noticed my dad just didn’t look right. He looked a little grey. He ate breakfast and was his typical social self. Of interest though, in hind-sight, he didn’t smoke his cigar and he didn’t eat all of his breakfast. We all just figured he was full and just didn’t feel like stoking up the stogie. Nothing really unusual…just another Thanksgiving day. My oldest daughter and I left, headed for home where we would pick up my wife and my youngest daughter and head to the in-laws for Thanksgiving dinner. My daughter commented that “Grampy looked tired” and I responded with….hmmmm….yeah, you’re right. So, we went about our business, all the while, what we didn’t know was my father was in the emergency room being treated for a Heart Attack. Yeah, right…my dad? A heart attack? Sure……
