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my dad is going for triple bypass surgery on monday. i joined him today for an information session where they told a group of people undergoing the surgery what they need to know for the day of the surgery and the 6 to 8 week recovery. my dad is handling all this very well and taking it in stride. he's a remarkably resilient person. i was glad that emma gave me the time off to go to the session with him. she was very supportive and said that's most important right now.

oddly enough the acronym for the procedure is "cabbage". he's having cabbage surgery. isn't that the strangest things you've heard?? weird, and yet amusing.

during the session my dad and i passed notes just like when i was little during church services. had he begun a game of tick-tack-toe it would've felt like 1988 again.

i'm hopeful that the recovery weeks will go faster than we can imagine and that it will be a positive experience for my family. one where we pull together instead of being overcome by stress and frustration. it could go either way really. but i'm going to work really hard to make this an experience we can look back on as a hurdle overcome with grace and peace.

won't you change this feeling under my feet.