Tomorrow Is A Big Day

Damnit, I’m emotional today. Looking through potential pictures for this post has me all teary-eyed and such.

Tomorrow (Thursday) my stepdad, Edd, is having a really important and major surgery, the outcome of which could give him some serious quality of life back.  Many of you asked to be kept up to date on his health, so I thought this was really important to post about. 

No, it’s not fun or funny, but yes, it is very important to me. 

My mom and Edd met on Match.com about seven years ago. I remember meeting Edd for the first time and later finding out that he was pretty freaked out about that first meeting.  He had two boys, and my mom had two girls.  Neither of them really knew very well how to relate to teenagers of the opposite sex. 

At first, I was pretty weirded out that my mom was dating again.  Her and my dad were married for 20 years.  But eventually, Edd became a staple in the diet of my life, cheesy as that may sound.  I liked him because he made my mom so happy, and that was the most important thing.

Over the years I have tried to live up to the high opinion Edd seems to have of me.  Whenever I’ve tried to put myself down, he’s quick to dispute me.  My boyfriends were never good enough.  And when I read him the first few text messages I got from Matthew in the beginning, I still remember Edd saying, “I don’t know about this guy, Jenni.  I mean, who does he think he is?” (obviously, he likes him now!) ;)

Anyway, my point is that Edd has become someone I look up to, admire, and love.  And I want nothing but the very best for him.  Last time he had a similar surgery he got a horrible and life-threatening staff infection in the hospital, and that fear is always fresh. 

All I ask is that you say a little prayer for him today and tomorrow, no matter what you believe about God.  This is what my prayers often sounds like:

I really don’t understand what you are, God, and if you even ever choose to intervene on our behalves when we fervently ask you to.  But I still pray that you will give Edd another shot at a normal life with a healthy body.  I understand that without suffering we would never truly appreciate the absence of suffering, but Edd has had enough for now.  Please heal his body and give him many more years on this Earth.  Amen!

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!  I always feel so many of you “got my back.”  :)