indiucky
Grandmaster
It's taken a few days to get up the nerve to post this...A conversation (confession?) I just had with Foz via PM made me decide to go ahead and reach out to INGO....
Many of you know my dad, you've hung out with him here at the shop or spoke to him at various gun shows where he and my uncle prowl around like twin sharks looking for a deal....I set a goal in my life to be half the man my dad is and I'm not there yet...Not because I am bad but because he is so good...I've not been myself lately and rather than losing it over nothing and getting banned or having you all wonder why fun loving, merry prankster Indiucky seems to be a little melancholy all of a sudden I thought I would just explain....
We've known something was wrong for a bit...My brother, who is a radiography/MRI tech, sort of diagnosed his x rays but we had to get the blood work back to be certain...We got that yesterday...Dad was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable form of cancer...It's in about 1/2 dozen places mostly along his rib cage....There is no getting away from this...There is no cure...I am not asking for prayers for a cure, just for the Lord to give him some more time and let it be pain free as it can...Let he, my brother and I get a couple of more seasons of bird hunting in....Let dad see his grandchildren graduate and maybe even get married....I ask that you pray that the Lord gives me the strength to stand tall and handle the oldest son's burden's (which my younger brother, due to his medical background, is actually handling) that are sure to come...We don't show emotion in our family, at least the men don't...So I'm allowed to talk to dad about anything but this...We just sort of talk around it and grin at each other if you can imagine such a thing.....
When he and mom came in to give me the news there was just silence...I looked at dad and said, "Damn...well I guess you and I both learnt a new word today..." He looked up at me and grinned..."Yeah boy...And she's a doozie of a word..." Then we both chuckled and got a stern look from mom...We've been getting those looks for years....
Dad is kind of quiet about such things so i ask you INGOer's if you see him at a gun show or here at the shop to just treat him no different than you always have...Maybe let him know you're thinking about him.....
"Steer clear me Jesus through the coming storm..."
Mondo Cosmo "Shine"
Many of you know my dad, you've hung out with him here at the shop or spoke to him at various gun shows where he and my uncle prowl around like twin sharks looking for a deal....I set a goal in my life to be half the man my dad is and I'm not there yet...Not because I am bad but because he is so good...I've not been myself lately and rather than losing it over nothing and getting banned or having you all wonder why fun loving, merry prankster Indiucky seems to be a little melancholy all of a sudden I thought I would just explain....
We've known something was wrong for a bit...My brother, who is a radiography/MRI tech, sort of diagnosed his x rays but we had to get the blood work back to be certain...We got that yesterday...Dad was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable form of cancer...It's in about 1/2 dozen places mostly along his rib cage....There is no getting away from this...There is no cure...I am not asking for prayers for a cure, just for the Lord to give him some more time and let it be pain free as it can...Let he, my brother and I get a couple of more seasons of bird hunting in....Let dad see his grandchildren graduate and maybe even get married....I ask that you pray that the Lord gives me the strength to stand tall and handle the oldest son's burden's (which my younger brother, due to his medical background, is actually handling) that are sure to come...We don't show emotion in our family, at least the men don't...So I'm allowed to talk to dad about anything but this...We just sort of talk around it and grin at each other if you can imagine such a thing.....
When he and mom came in to give me the news there was just silence...I looked at dad and said, "Damn...well I guess you and I both learnt a new word today..." He looked up at me and grinned..."Yeah boy...And she's a doozie of a word..." Then we both chuckled and got a stern look from mom...We've been getting those looks for years....
Dad is kind of quiet about such things so i ask you INGOer's if you see him at a gun show or here at the shop to just treat him no different than you always have...Maybe let him know you're thinking about him.....
"Steer clear me Jesus through the coming storm..."
Mondo Cosmo "Shine"
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