My Funny Valentine

I may have used this title before. That would have been a long, long time ago… But as my birthday is coming up, I felt like I wanted to use this one over, again.

My father used to sing that song to me when I was quite young. He made me feel special whenever he did. January is his death anniversary. I can’t remember if I mentioned this in the last post, so forgive me for any memory relapse. Thirty years have passed since I spoke to him last.

Like most people in this world, he was far from perfect. When I knew him, I thought he was the cream in the coffee. Now that I’m older (and hopefully wiser) I know he had some pretty big faults. That being said, he was a dad who was around. That’s a big deal for some people. I know what that can mean now that I’ve lived 3/4s of my life.

When you think about your own dad, I hope for your sake, he was there. The way you respond to God, if your family believes, has so much to do with your dad. If your dad was a no-show, you may find believing to be difficult. Why would you believe in a Father who loves you, if you found your own father to be gone or distant? Anyway… I think these thoughts sometimes.

I’ll just leave this here: James 1:17: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”.

Now. If you’ve read this far… My memoir, the Cancer Chronicles (a Journey of Faith) comes out on February 1! Yay! You can pre-order the Kindle version here… click now!

The paperback edition should also be there at the same time as the Kindle version goes hot. When I wrote the first blog/chapter in about the cancer, my Mom had only just died the year before. She passed away December of 2016. The holidays are tough.
At that time, I thought I would never get cancer. No one in our family ever had it, outside of some minor skin type cancers. I ate, yes still eat, healthy. I exercised. I guess I was chosen to write this story.

Enough of that… I’m excited because we will be traveling a bit this year. We have an event (again) in Tombstone, March 13. Click here! Then another in Cottonwood, and another in Payson. I will add reminders for the other events as we get closer.

Remember that TJ has a newish book out, as well: The Man Who Rode Dragons (click here) is a romping adventure including dragons, elves, and dwarfs! Oh my!