{"id":1035,"date":"2010-06-20T11:47:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T18:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2010-06-20T12:05:48","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T19:05:48","slug":"fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"271754719_2ca7140892\"<\/a>Today is father’s day and I am sitting in the bed next to my daughter who is getting chemo. Patti asked me today if this is what I had hoped father’s day would be like. I think that as special days go for dads, there are things that we would all like to have… coffee made for me in the morning, maybe a gift or two, maybe get out of house work. Then maybe do something special with the kids.<\/p>\n

So, Starbucks made my coffee, I got the gift of increasingly better numbers on Geli’s blood tests, the cleaning staff are taking care of all of the chores, and for a special outing… they are taking Geli off of the IV for about an hour today, so that she can walk around the hospital a bit. A Perfect Father’s Day.<\/p>\n

Ok, so that’s a bit tongue-in-cheek, but in reality, there is something greater that I get to do today. As a father, yea I want today to be a bit nicey-nice for me, but in my heart, I am a dad… a defender of my family… a warrior at heart. Today, on father’s day, I get to fight for my daughter. I get to help her fight. I get to walk her through things that build character. I get to help uncover the truths that will set her free. I get to say words that inspire, build confidence, and words that frame a picture of a goal that is on the other side of this journey. There is nothing better on Father’s Day, than to be able to be a father, in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n

So though we might be in the valleys… in a sense, I am on top of the world today.<\/p>\n

Jon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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