"Everyone is going to have a tree house!", my five year-old Sam stated in a very concerned tone two years ago. He had been talking about it so much in kindergarten that everyone decided they wanted a tree house and I had promised him I would build him one.
Little did we know that Sam's world -and ours was about to change.
Sam had been having vision issues for about a year and we finally had an MRI scheduled in June of 2007 to make sure it was nothing more than just a "vision issue". Unfortunately, we came to learn that he had a rare brain tumor. As too many people know, when confronted with this type of news everything takes on an immediacy unmatched by anything in life...and so building a tree house became the most immediate thing in my life.
As a father myself I shudder at the possibilty of anything tragic happening to either my daughter or step-daughters. My thoughts are with you and your family.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gary...it is surprising how strong our kids are and it helps a lot.
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