The Myth, The Legend..

10 months ago. January 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM

I once read a book some out here may know. Winning Friends And Influencing Enemies by Napoleon Hill.. In it, the author asked the reader to perform an exercise.. This exercise extolled Me to sit down and do some soul searching to figure out who My role model was growing up.. Of course the prominent figures of the time came to mind.. Ronald Reagan.. Donald Trump.. Emmitt Smith.. But the more I considered the question, the farther away those figures got.. I came to the realization that although I admired these men, all for vastly different reasons, NONE of them could compare to the Man I truly admired, and wanted to BE when I grew up.. My Dad, Steve Jordan.. He survived three tours in Viet Nam, He was run over coming Home from work one night in October 1974.. He was doing 60 on His motorcycle when it happened.. He was pronounced dead at the scene, but spontaneously revived over an hour later, in the hospital, IN the morgue, IN a body bag as they were putting Him in a drawer to await autopsy.. (scared the Coroner so bad he quit, on the spot and never went back..)He was sent to the V.A. Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN (where I currently reside) and became the second Human recipient of a plastic hip in the US.. The doctors told Him that He'd never walk again.. 3 years later, He was driving a semi, and did it for 29 years until He went fully disabled in 2006..

We did not always see eye to eye, or so we thought..But later in life we realized it was miscommunication in translation.. We always held the same beliefs and outlooks, we just never communicated them directly to each other.. We always had My mom between us 'interpreting' and tilting things to keep us at each others throats..This man I admire was taken one day before His 71st birthday in August 2021.. The world is a darker place now for having lost His light..

I will miss you, Dad, for the rest of My life. Know that You're ALWAYS in My prayers, and I'll see you again, some day. I love you.

Your son,

Dom

flitter'fly(sub female) - Wow, and hour later, woke in the body bag.
That man was not done living yet. Amazing.

10 months ago

Drinfear(dom male){Owns PFP} - In 2007, I was living in Daytona Beach, working on a Farm.. I had 1100 pound of tractor wheel fall and pin Me by the neck to a wall.. Broke My body BADLY.. SHOULD have killed Me.. The doctor said I'd never walk again. A month later I was working construction and digging ditches.. I had a limp, but STILL did what I had to in order to provide for My Family.. Almost 18 years later now, because I pushed through the pain I now need a cane to walk extended distances.. But I'm STILL mobile.. ALL thanks to Him, My role model..

flitter'fly(sub female) - Amazing, strong genes.

Literate Lycan(dom male) - You are a very lucky man to have had so many years with a good father. A good father sets a strong tone and foundation for good men, and that is important in life. In a similar vein, my father left the world fighting cancer like a Boss in 2013. He'd lived a great life, with a great wife of 51 years and five children, grand children and great grandchildren, all of whom are good people. In the last days, he refused morphine simply so he was cognascent for my mother (so she'd remember him as he was). In the last three years of his life, I visited him as often as I could and sat at his side with my mother and all my siblings when he left. I still miss his presence, but I hear his words in my soul every day. He not only taught me the lessons on how to live in life, but he showed me how to accept death gracefully and with a smile. Thank you for sharing! All the best to you, good sir.

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