Everything...

hospital
Originally uploaded by josiebeth.

This picture of my father and I napping in his hospital room was taken by a nurse shortly before my father's death. When the flash went off I opened my eyes to see a group of nurses and doctors with a Polaroid staring back at me crying.

To many folks, this picture is disturbing. People get very uncomfortable when they see it.

To me, this photo is...

everything.

It's a picture of me and the best friend I have ever had. The most outstanding friend a girl could ever hope for. I was so lucky that this remarkable friend was also my remarkable daddy.

It's a picture of the exhausting fight for my father's life - the time I was given to fight for him and along side him. Even though ultimately, we lost this battle, we got to fight a good fight...

together.

I miss him more and more every day but I know he's around here somewhere.

Thank you dad for being such a rock star.

I'm "hangin' in there."