To all my awesome followers and supportive Steemonians, I am sorry I have not been around much the last couple of days, but I got some bad news the other day.
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I've debated about even sharing it here, but I can't really think about anything. I also like to be honest and talk about crypto, my life and things that interest me on Steemit, and right now there is one thing that is taking up my thoughts.
My family found out my father has cancer in the lungs and in a late stage. It's not all doom and gloom, we don't have all the information yet, but it isn't encouraging. He looks sick, he's tired and it breaks my heart.
Now I'm not posting this to get sympathy votes, but rather to get it off my chest. It's been hard to say to be honest. By facing my fears for the health of my father, and I can help him face his fears. I need to put all my feelings aside and only worry about his. My fears are irrelevant.
Cancer isn't what it was 30 years ago when my sister beat it as a child. Cancer isn't what it was just 15 years ago when my mother beat breast cancer. I am confident my dad has a great chance of beating this with today's medicine.
My goal is to convey that confidence to him every day. I fully believe that beating a serious illness is part medical and part mental. You can't win if you don't want to. I have to encourage him that he can and will win. Without that kind of attitude I would be doing a disservice to the man who raised me and has helped and guided me every day of my life.
So to all my Steemit friends, I am sorry if I have been distant. My goal is to continue to use the platform I love in whatever time I have. Sometimes I use the blog to speak freely about my life. Unfortunately, this is part of my life now. I hope you can understand.
Thank you for reading, I really do appreciate it.