As I was taking my Photography class this past Thursday, a woman from my class went on to telling me the reason why she's learning how to shoot better pictures. As it turns out this was her 18 year old sons dying wish. He had such a love for photography, worked in a photo processing lab and saved every penny to buy the exact camera he wanted. And since he knew he would never be able to use it after the dr.s diagnosing he was terminal, he asked his mom to take classes and learn how to use it in rememberence of him. Since the age of "12", same age as my son Kyle, He had been fighting bone cancer. It started in his knee, and eventually spread through out his entire body ending in his lungs. This woman is now one of the strongest women I think I've ever met. She watched her son die since he was just a child, yet watched him grow into a man before he died of this aweful disease. I keep this family forever in my prayers, and hope she finds the strength to survive this horrifying tragity.
With that said, I then this morning get this email from a family member:
This is a true story! ***********
A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'. The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'.
They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through
the race together. One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' too.
For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.
The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island.
Father and son went on to complete the race together.
NOW WATCH THIS VIDEO:
Click below
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8cf08faca5dd9ea45513
It's amazing to see a fathers stregth and devotion to his child. It gives me hope. It makes me realize that through all that I've gone through recently with my son, I know that I have to still be thankful for his health, and squeeze him everyday and let him know how much I love him. Let him know that through any/all hard times that I am here to help carry him through it.
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Shannon, I watched this video last night (7/26) and I cried and cried and cried. Then, I made my husband watch it with me and I cried and cried and cried again. Thanks for passing it along. People are truly amazing and soooo inspirational. We really can do anything we want on the whole planet if we just put our minds to it!
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