One Year Ago....

[Tabby67]

One year ago today, I nearly lost him. One year ago today, I did loose him. His voice was taken, and his joy was shattered. But he found a light in the darkness. He found the shore on in the stormy sea.

He lived.

One year ago today, my father had surgery to have his thyroid, parathyroid, larynx, wind pipe, parts of his esophegus, and his voice box removed. He was severely depressed for several days.

But then, he remembered something....

He was still alive. Alive to see his daughter and his wife. Alive to see his daughter graduate. To see her walk down the isle. To see her break down and show her emnotions for the first time in years. To comfort her.

Yes, he lost his beautiful voice, but there is hope that he will get it back.

That he will sing Amazing Grace once again.

Otha William Milligan~One year ago today, he lost his voice, but found another.

This is for my father. He lost his voice because of cancer, but he's getting it back. He'll say I love you to my mother. He'll talk with his father. And...

He'll sing with me again.

[crystalpheonixeyes]

wow. I am so sorry Branda. Things are looking up though right? Thats good I guess. You will be in my prayers. ^__^ I really don't know what else to say.
~~~Jennifer

[osusprinks]

That must have been really hard for him and your whole family. You are in my prayers. I'm glad he has realized there is still worth in his life and he can still praise even if he can't sing it. Amazing Grace sounds like the perfect song for him and you.

[Tabby67]

Thanks, yall. It was hard for us. Still is. But he's having sugery next year, I do believe. I'll have to dig out the appointment book.

I have a recording of him singing Amazing Grace and I know how to blend mine into, so I might post it somewhere once I get it recorded.. (Prolly here, cause this board ROX!!) Anyhoo, we sound great together. I hate to brag, but we do. It just makes me warm and fuzzy inside, knowing he'll sing with me again.

You know what's the scary thing about this?

Barely a year ago, I held him while he was in a hospital bed and cried with him, telling him I was terrified to sleep because I didn't want to wake up by someone telling me he was gone. I had to pull him from his depression, along with my mother and my half-sister.

Thanks again. Yall make me glad to be a member of this board, along with many others. Thanks for the prayers. The more the merrier!

The Daughter of A Child of Promise,
~Branda~