Three months ago I called my dad after work.. I said let’s go get some burgers, I got you. Past few years just wanted to cherish these moments with my parents.
We went to a burger spot we’d once went to 20 years ago on our way home from Cedar Point… it was special.
Three days later he was diagnosed at an ER visit with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, an 8 cm mass. Our world changed just like that. Three months later… dad’s in a better place.
It’s surreal, it’s crazy. It never makes sense.
I work in the community. I work with kids/teens with autism. These are the purposes and battles that drive you. It’s what makes you realize what you want to do with your time here on this Earth. Do you want to waste energy being hateful to others?
Or do you want to drive dreams, growth, and help others accomplish their goals. Everyone has dreams. You go talk to anyone. Yeah, everybody has their occupation. But deep down, everyone has a dream/vision that drives them—that gives them life. My goal is always to kinda find that in people, and help fight for that.
A lot of what we truly love is friends, family, community. Sometimes what we want is right in front of us.
I hope to see the day we find a cure to cancer and a lot of things. Our friends, family, strangers… life isn’t fair. But it’s always worth fighting for us…It’s always worth fighting for us.