As the end of this year approaches, I wanted to re-post the blog I wrote about my Dad. I am sad to start a new year without him in our lives, but I am forever grateful to have been blessed with his presence in my life for so long. Marco is heading to Australia on Tuesday for two years and I will continue my blog posts , focusing on that next big adventure in our lives. Happy New Year to my wonderfully supportive friends and family. May 2016 be filled with many happy moments and great adventures.
I know this blog is about Marco moving to Australia for two years, but more importantly it’s about change and fear of change. Something so significant has happened in my life while waiting for this next transition that I feel I have to write about it. It altered the way I look at change and at fear of change. My amazing Dad passed away yesterday – November 14, 2015 at 2:20 pm in a place and in a way that was so exceptional that I can’t find the words to describe it.
About 8 years ago, Dad was diagnosed with a disease called Cortical Basal Ganglionic Degeneration, a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease involving the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia. When we first read up on the disease I was terrified and I know what I felt was minor in comparison to what my parents were feeling. They had…
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