Hello everyone. Sorry it has been a while. Working 40 hours a week and helping to plan a benefit in 3 weeks consumes a lot of time. The benefit is tomorrow as you all know. It is going to rock. Thank you so much to everyone who is making it happen. I am so glad update everyone to let yall know what an amazing day dad had. Intense, open hearted emotions flow freely as every person calls or visits. His sincere thankfulness for a second chance to be an even better man than he was before is expressed in his every breath and tear. We took 8 small walks today, did breathing exercised, ate pretty good (mostly drank his Boost drinks), laughed, cried, and shared real connected life together. I am so thankful he is here, really really here. To everyone who reads this please tell everyone you love that you love them, be the father or mother, sister, brother, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend or just human being you always wanted to be or always wanted someone else to be. Life is so, so precious and it can be taken away from you at any given moment. Live in love, not in fear. Be the beautiful, important, unperfect, awesome person that we all are. I love you all for loveing my dad. Please keep praying for him.
Joe’s daughter, Courtney Self