Saturday, March 07, 2009

Apple Cider Vinegar Hair




The other day, while working, a woman asked me to help her find a book about the apple cider vinegar diet. I found the book and placed it in her hand. She immediately opened it and showed me the value of this diet on helping to grow strong and healthy hair. I think she was trying to help. After all my hair is only about a half an inch long.

I don't think the apple cider vinegar diet helps with the chemo cut.



It is hard to be without my father, even though I wasn't really with him all that much. It is hard to lose him. I am sorrier for us then I am for him. I know he had a good life. But I don't know how my mother will do with out him. I am sorry for myself for not having him in my life and even more so in the life of my children. The sad part is that for my children, I miss more life my father shared with them when he was younger and more able. These last few years he has been too feeble and tired to have much of an impact on their lives. It is sad.























Sunday, March 01, 2009

My Father Died Today

I know he was happy with his life, his wife, his family. I know he lived a good and productive life. I know he loved and was loved. I know he was 91 and his health had been declining for years. He wasn't ready to go and I wasn't ready to have him leave us all.

It comforts me that he, as Dylan Thomas' famous poem demanded, did not go gentle into that I good night. My father fought death long and hard. It took at the age of 91 nearly 2 weeks in intensive care and three abdominal surgeries before he gave up. He fought hard and long and that knowledge gives me comfort.

I love you Everett Clyde Ham. I will always remember that you were the first person to walk (and ride your tricycle) on the moon.