Dad Today, Sunday, June 27th

We all went to see my Dad today. We were going to take him to breakfast, he even got up early and got ready, but he was too tired. We brought him over his favorite...Wade's cinnamon raisin bread....and mom asked me to bring white bread and a can of sliced peaches of all things. Lucky for me the Byrne Dairy had EXACTLY one can.

Dad didn't look good today. He is getting very thin. And he didn't have the energy to walk us to the door. He held Abbey, of course, and talked a little. I sat next to him for a while...just wanted to be near him. Dad was still him, talking and telling stories. Todd went out to look at Bobby's car and took the kids and mom and we talked a little bit. A little bit deep but he also decided to amuse me by telling me that my cousin Alicia's wedding last week was, apparently by the account of my Uncle Kenny to my Dad, like the Jerry Springer show. My Uncle Marty was making a fool of himself (Dad's youngest sibling of 8, he just turned 50) acting like a kid with spiked hair and flexing his muscles. Dad told me a story about how he walked in once on Marty taking a bubble bath with candles and soaps and Dad said (of course) are you gay? Marty said...no you got to take care of yourself (apparently an early metrosexual!!). Dad said he thought a man should smell like a man...he always wore Old Spice products (as Todd does...do I have Daddy issues?? HA) and when Bobby goes all out he tells him to tone it down. I said "Take done a notch"? and he laughed and said "try a few notches".

I brought Adam and Abbey back in individually to say good-bye...it was hard good-bye for me as I can feel time slipping out like air in one of Adam's beloved balloons.

I love my Dad. And I make sure to tell him all the time, it seems to make him feel better...like he did good with his kids. He has no worries in that department.