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Erick Wills
Rexburg, Idaho, United States
Grew up in California. Married an Idaho girl. Raising my kids in America's Family Community. I coach football, baseball, girl's basketball, and fastpitch softball. I love to work with kids.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Life is precious

Wow. I guess my parents aren't bulletproof. Or at least that is the realization I am finally coming to. Does anyone every want to think about life without a parent, a child or a spouse? I sure don't. I can still remember my son in the hospital when he was 8 months old. You can see from the pictures how close we were to losing him.

Just yesterday I received a call from my mom informing me that my dad was in the hospital with what they thought were heart problems. It turns out that everything seemed to be fine, but the call brought back childhood memories when my dad was sick in bed and turning a bright shade of purple. It turns out he had been sick for about a week and refused to go to the doctor. When mom finally insisted, he found out he had had a heart attack (he still claims it was just a "chest pain" and not a heart attack). He had been acting tough for a week thinking it would go away. What a knucklehead. When I talked to him this morning he actually said, "I'm tired of going to the hospital and being told everything is fine. I'm not coming going in there anymore." I told him to bite his tongue and quit trying to act so tough.

Love you mom and dad. Quit being so tough and stick around a while will ya?

5 comments:

Renee said...

I love that picture of Dad. Funny I posted one earlier today of Mom and Dad. What kid is that a picture of? And where have I been and I never knew.

Renee said...

Oh I remember now just kidding. Was it Dawsen or Braxton.

Alice Wills Gold said...

Yeah, those head staples still really give me the willies.

I was SOOOOO worried about dad too. That man is SO stubborn. He is going out with his boots on, but I really hope it isn't for another 20 years. What would we do without him?

Mother Goose said...

I clicked from Alice. She and I are so alike, so I had to meet another one of her sisters. So, if she isn't blogging. I will probably be over checking out how your family is doing. I am sorry for the scare with your dad and have to say, he is a very handsome man and looks so kind. Please share in a post what happened to your sweet baby. At first, I didn't even know if it was a real pic. So, glad everything is fine now. You are welcome to check out my blog by just clicking on my name.

Mother Goose said...

one question. ON your blog roll, how do you post the name of the person and then show the latest update of their last post?