Welcome to Nathan's Cancer Journey

This blog is a reposting of Nathan's Caringbridge page which we updated throughout his battle with Neuroblastoma.

Nathan was born on June 16, 2000, diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma on April 1, 2003 and died on July 29, 2007.

I have posted the journal here to make it easier to look up by date and also to be able to easily add pictures to the journal entries.

Some of the pictures go along with the text, but many of the pictures you will see were pictures taken on the same date the journal was added, even if the pictures have nothing to do with the text. In the future I may add additional journal entries to go along with pictures to add more explanation/memories.

I am just getting started posting the years of entries and so this will be incomplete for some time. I hope to eventually also post the guestbook entries by date as a comment on the post.

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:49 AM CDT

Happy Father's Day to all the dads!!!

I want to take the time today do tell you all what a wonderful father Luke is.

Since I am the one who writes this journal, you don't hear very much about Luke and all that he does for his family.

Luke is a very loving father. He constantly tells the kids how much he loves them and gives them lots of hugs and kisses. When they cry out for a parent it is equally as often "Daddy" as it is "Mommy". He is fully involved as a dad and caregiver. He and Julia have a special bond from the times they spent together while Nathan and I were in New York. She adores her daddy and I love seeing their special relationship.

Part of the reason Luke is such a wonderful father is what a wonderful husband he is to me. Our children see that he is loving,considerate and helpful towards me and that is a wonderful model for them.

Luke is also an excellent provider for our family. It has been extremely difficult and stressful for him to continue to work when he knows his child is sick and in pain and I am overwhelmed with it all. For him to not be able to provide care during these times has been very hard on him. His being able to stick through and provide for our family these last few years is a big accomplishment and I don't think he realizes just how proud I am of him.

I could not think of one way that Luke could be a better father. I am so lucky that he is the father of my children.

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