My Hero!
It was a hot day in the middle of June, the sun was shinning, the birds were singing, and there was a warm breeze blowing across the land. This day would change my life forever.
I remember my mom and my dad came home from the doctors (my dad had been experiencing migraines for about six months). My parents had my brother, sister, and myself sit down on the couch. They said they had something important to tell us. We all looked at each other and knew within our hearts that there was trouble in paradise. My mom said, "kids we just found out that your father has a brain tumor". Shocked we did not know how to react. They said he would be going thought brain surgery next week. Wow, so soon. My parents were getting everything ready, but to be honest with you reality did not set in until they prepared his living will.
Well the surgery went fine however, they did not get the entire tumor, there was some that penetrated through gray matter and into the brain itself (within the core). We knew then that life would be a challenge from that point forward. My Father lost almost all of his motor skills, he could no longer draw, paint, he lost all of his ability to smell, and he lost half of his vision as well. We had to go to radiation therapy everyday for three months.
Yet through all of this my father kept his courage and to help him improve his vision and motor skills we decided to buy him something to help him, a form of rehabilitation. So on his birthday we bought him a Sega Genesis Video game. With time this helped his abilities. Although he never regained all of his original skills he was able to write again, and paint (this was his favorite thing to do).
Time passed and my father became weaker the cancer had spread to other areas of the brain. The doctors did not give him much more time to live. He sat each one of his children down and talked to them about his illness, how he dealing with the disease emotionally, then asked us how we were doing. Then even in his suffering he offered us comfort.
My Father through all the pain never gave up the fight, he was strong until the bitter end.
Then on January 15, 1998 he passed away. He touched the life of many people, encouraged us to go for our dreams, and to never stop reaching for the stars. So in my fathers honor I went back to College. I hope he is as proud of me as I am of him. He is and will always be my hero.
Submitted by:
Raechelle Glover (Daughter)
http://yourtruehero.org/content/hero/view_hero.asp?14978
It was a hot day in the middle of June, the sun was shinning, the birds were singing, and there was a warm breeze blowing across the land. This day would change my life forever.
I remember my mom and my dad came home from the doctors (my dad had been experiencing migraines for about six months). My parents had my brother, sister, and myself sit down on the couch. They said they had something important to tell us. We all looked at each other and knew within our hearts that there was trouble in paradise. My mom said, "kids we just found out that your father has a brain tumor". Shocked we did not know how to react. They said he would be going thought brain surgery next week. Wow, so soon. My parents were getting everything ready, but to be honest with you reality did not set in until they prepared his living will.
Well the surgery went fine however, they did not get the entire tumor, there was some that penetrated through gray matter and into the brain itself (within the core). We knew then that life would be a challenge from that point forward. My Father lost almost all of his motor skills, he could no longer draw, paint, he lost all of his ability to smell, and he lost half of his vision as well. We had to go to radiation therapy everyday for three months.
Yet through all of this my father kept his courage and to help him improve his vision and motor skills we decided to buy him something to help him, a form of rehabilitation. So on his birthday we bought him a Sega Genesis Video game. With time this helped his abilities. Although he never regained all of his original skills he was able to write again, and paint (this was his favorite thing to do).
Time passed and my father became weaker the cancer had spread to other areas of the brain. The doctors did not give him much more time to live. He sat each one of his children down and talked to them about his illness, how he dealing with the disease emotionally, then asked us how we were doing. Then even in his suffering he offered us comfort.
My Father through all the pain never gave up the fight, he was strong until the bitter end.
Then on January 15, 1998 he passed away. He touched the life of many people, encouraged us to go for our dreams, and to never stop reaching for the stars. So in my fathers honor I went back to College. I hope he is as proud of me as I am of him. He is and will always be my hero.
Submitted by:
Raechelle Glover (Daughter)
http://yourtruehero.org/content/hero/view_hero.asp?14978
My Hero!
It was a hot day in the middle of June, the sun was shinning, the birds were singing, and there was a warm breeze blowing across the land. This day would change my life forever.
I remember my mom and my dad came home from the doctors (my dad had been experiencing migraines for about six months). My parents had my brother, sister, and myself sit down on the couch. They said they had something important to tell us. We all looked at each other and knew within our hearts that there was trouble in paradise. My mom said, "kids we just found out that your father has a brain tumor". Shocked we did not know how to react. They said he would be going thought brain surgery next week. Wow, so soon. My parents were getting everything ready, but to be honest with you reality did not set in until they prepared his living will.
Well the surgery went fine however, they did not get the entire tumor, there was some that penetrated through gray matter and into the brain itself (within the core). We knew then that life would be a challenge from that point forward. My Father lost almost all of his motor skills, he could no longer draw, paint, he lost all of his ability to smell, and he lost half of his vision as well. We had to go to radiation therapy everyday for three months.
Yet through all of this my father kept his courage and to help him improve his vision and motor skills we decided to buy him something to help him, a form of rehabilitation. So on his birthday we bought him a Sega Genesis Video game. With time this helped his abilities. Although he never regained all of his original skills he was able to write again, and paint (this was his favorite thing to do).
Time passed and my father became weaker the cancer had spread to other areas of the brain. The doctors did not give him much more time to live. He sat each one of his children down and talked to them about his illness, how he dealing with the disease emotionally, then asked us how we were doing. Then even in his suffering he offered us comfort.
My Father through all the pain never gave up the fight, he was strong until the bitter end.
Then on January 15, 1998 he passed away. He touched the life of many people, encouraged us to go for our dreams, and to never stop reaching for the stars. So in my fathers honor I went back to College. I hope he is as proud of me as I am of him. He is and will always be my hero.
Submitted by:
Raechelle Glover (Daughter)
http://yourtruehero.org/content/hero/view_hero.asp?14978
It was a hot day in the middle of June, the sun was shinning, the birds were singing, and there was a warm breeze blowing across the land. This day would change my life forever.
I remember my mom and my dad came home from the doctors (my dad had been experiencing migraines for about six months). My parents had my brother, sister, and myself sit down on the couch. They said they had something important to tell us. We all looked at each other and knew within our hearts that there was trouble in paradise. My mom said, "kids we just found out that your father has a brain tumor". Shocked we did not know how to react. They said he would be going thought brain surgery next week. Wow, so soon. My parents were getting everything ready, but to be honest with you reality did not set in until they prepared his living will.
Well the surgery went fine however, they did not get the entire tumor, there was some that penetrated through gray matter and into the brain itself (within the core). We knew then that life would be a challenge from that point forward. My Father lost almost all of his motor skills, he could no longer draw, paint, he lost all of his ability to smell, and he lost half of his vision as well. We had to go to radiation therapy everyday for three months.
Yet through all of this my father kept his courage and to help him improve his vision and motor skills we decided to buy him something to help him, a form of rehabilitation. So on his birthday we bought him a Sega Genesis Video game. With time this helped his abilities. Although he never regained all of his original skills he was able to write again, and paint (this was his favorite thing to do).
Time passed and my father became weaker the cancer had spread to other areas of the brain. The doctors did not give him much more time to live. He sat each one of his children down and talked to them about his illness, how he dealing with the disease emotionally, then asked us how we were doing. Then even in his suffering he offered us comfort.
My Father through all the pain never gave up the fight, he was strong until the bitter end.
Then on January 15, 1998 he passed away. He touched the life of many people, encouraged us to go for our dreams, and to never stop reaching for the stars. So in my fathers honor I went back to College. I hope he is as proud of me as I am of him. He is and will always be my hero.
Submitted by:
Raechelle Glover (Daughter)
http://yourtruehero.org/content/hero/view_hero.asp?14978
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