This question has been asked to me asked to me a lot lately ......i used to answer it with one simple statement when i was recovering from surgery "i will be ok ....someday" well that someday has arrived...
most days i feel Like .....confident...defiant....rambunctious.....worldly....anchored..... rebellious....hippieish.....and down right ornery (even hitting that softball like the old days)
The story is now lengendary...... enduring what no single family should ever have to .....surviving the thunderous events that would crumple most to their knees...... doing so with dignity and pride.....
this would not have been possible without the love and support of so many people.....I have said this before.....I will spend the rest of my life re-defining what friendship should be...the people in my life have shown me one simple truth.....one that was passed on from my parents to my children.....if you are sincere in your way.....if you can endure the hardships and allow them to feed your soul to spread good will throughout the world.....it will come back to you in the form of love and support and in a sureal sense that you will live inside all those you have touched......
this has been the most difficult blog i have written ...being ever so careful as to be sure to translate the fact that "this walk in the park" we are all on cannot be walked alone.....doctors....family...friends...complete starngers....have held hands each and every day in a way that has made a difficult situation bearable.. the waiting rooms of our hospitals are filled with people looking for the answer.... if they only knew when looking at me that all of my world was sitting along side me....step by step.......they would see what i have seen......they would feel what i have felt....they would know what i have known...... that i am truly honored to have taken my "walk in the park " with you.........
the battle we are in now will be fought with the same passion we have been preaching............seek out the internal terriorist and destroy it's will to live inside the body......it really does not have a chance with the network we have built.....
my dear friends and family....."LONG MAY YOU RUN"...TOM
I WILL NOW ATTEMPT TO PUT THESE JOURNALS TO GOOD USE.....LOOK FOR THEM IN A BOOK STORE NEAR YOU...IMAGINE?
The story is now lengendary...... enduring what no single family should ever have to .....surviving the thunderous events that would crumple most to their knees...... doing so with dignity and pride.....
this would not have been possible without the love and support of so many people.....I have said this before.....I will spend the rest of my life re-defining what friendship should be...the people in my life have shown me one simple truth.....one that was passed on from my parents to my children.....if you are sincere in your way.....if you can endure the hardships and allow them to feed your soul to spread good will throughout the world.....it will come back to you in the form of love and support and in a sureal sense that you will live inside all those you have touched......
this has been the most difficult blog i have written ...being ever so careful as to be sure to translate the fact that "this walk in the park" we are all on cannot be walked alone.....doctors....family...friends...complete starngers....have held hands each and every day in a way that has made a difficult situation bearable.. the waiting rooms of our hospitals are filled with people looking for the answer.... if they only knew when looking at me that all of my world was sitting along side me....step by step.......they would see what i have seen......they would feel what i have felt....they would know what i have known...... that i am truly honored to have taken my "walk in the park " with you.........
the battle we are in now will be fought with the same passion we have been preaching............seek out the internal terriorist and destroy it's will to live inside the body......it really does not have a chance with the network we have built.....
my dear friends and family....."LONG MAY YOU RUN"...TOM
I WILL NOW ATTEMPT TO PUT THESE JOURNALS TO GOOD USE.....LOOK FOR THEM IN A BOOK STORE NEAR YOU...IMAGINE?
