A few years back my Seester got a tattoo. It's more than a tattoo for us. It's the symbol of the Michael J. Fox Foundation that supports Parkinson's Disease. A few years ago our Daddio was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and we've been supports of the foundation every since.
I have wanted to get the same tattoo, but haven't been sure if I should even get it and where. I also didn't feel that I deserved to spend the money on something when I really didn't do anything to "earn" it. I told myself over 2 years ago that if I wanted to get this tattoo I need to complete a 5K first.
A year ago, this week, my father was visiting when he suffered a minor heart attack in my living room. I've always had a close and special relationship with my Dad, but going through that experience with him only pulled us closer. I held my Dad's hand in the Heart Hospital ICU as he recovered. A few months prior I held his shaken hands as he prepared to under deep brain stimulation surgery. I have been there as my dad as went through the thick of things. I will continue to be there at his side as he goes though the challeneges that lie ahead of him.
I have been thinking for over a year on where I wanted to place my tattoo. My dad has always wanted to run a 5K. He was in the process of training for a 5K when he was forced to stop due to a knee injury. He was never able to complete one. I needed to do this for him, atleast once....if not more. With this in mind I decided on my foot. My reasoning? This tattoo is for my Dad. In an way, he is my fox. He is a part of me, just as this tatoo is now a part of me. No matter what happens with my Dad's health in the future he will always be walk, running, moving as long as I am. His heart with never stop beating.
I completed my first 5K last weekend. Today I got my tattoo.
"Your heart will always be beating and your legs always moving. I love, love, love you Daddio!!!!"
I will always be with you. My love is always present with-in you.
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