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Originally Posted By Mike

Well, when it rains it pours. Just when I was all worked up over the home visit, I've had to put it off indefinelty. As most of you know, my Dad has nt been in good health for some time. The cancer came back just before Christmas, and he hasnt been doing that well. In the past few days, hes gotten worse. Today we heard from his oncologist that he has about two weeks left to live. Needless to say, I'm going to be deling with a lot. My family and I have made the decision to keep him here at home and make him comfortable.

In a sad bit of irony, a friend of mine just lost his Dad yesterday rather suddenly. I went over to see Ron and we talked for a while. Both of us are the old-fashioned guy types. We talked about our Dads and how our relationships with ours had been so different. Ron and his Dad were best of friends. Mine and I never really had a deep atatchement to each other. During our conversation, Ron asked me "You're not going to give up on adoption, are you?" I said I wasnt sure what I'm doing right now. He told me how all my friends were supporting me 1000% and then told me "You know, your Dad told me at your Christmas Party how excited he was for you. he was so happy you were going to be a Dad." Why didnt my Dad ever tell me that???? I mean, he was supportive of my adoption, but well, you know.

Anyway, I know a lot of you understand and have been here yourselves. I wont be in the office much over the next two weeks, so I'll be checking in here.

Thanks

Mike