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| | Been a long time since I have done one of these. | | | Saturday, July 26, 2008 (4:12 AM)
(I'm feeling groggy) | | It has really been a long time since I have done a blog.
So what has been going on in my life. I think a few people know what is going on, and if you attend Greg Lions live shows, you most likely are one that does. Yes, things have changed in my life considerably. But where to start.
Well I will start with my family. Recently, my son informed me that he has decided to tie the knot with a person that he has been seeing down in Florida for about a year now. Of course this was a shock to me, but for me knowing her for the last year has made me all the more comfortable that she is the one for my son. The age difference between the two are only two days, and with my sons birthday being the 21st of July and hers being the 23rd of July, they will be getting married on the 22nd of July, which is next week. The wedding will be held in Marathon, Florida and they are immediately taking off after the wedding and a short reception for a 14 day trip on the Antlantic aboard his boat that he has worked very hard for, away from civilization. Both of them are so happy with each other. I definately know that she will be a good partner for him, as well as he will be good for her. He told me a while back that he was ready to start a family and get married, but I never dreamed that he wanted to do this so soon, but he has always been so mature for his age that he wants to do things earlier than most people his age. I also found out today from Jason (my son) that I am going to become a Grandpa soon. He has already passed his sister who is 25 as far as accomplishments are concerned. She is married to a very nice gentleman in the United States Army and living in Virginia, in which I have two grandchildren from them. Anyways, I will be heading down to Florida this weekend to help out with the preperations for the ceremony. He just sold his home there a couple of months back, so he is in the process of building a new home about a block away from his old one. The concrete has been poured for the foundation and the workers are ready for the 6 - 12 hour days per week of building this beautiful new home starting July 28th.
Well now on to what has been going on with me. Of course I have been having various improvements started on myself. I have been told by all of my friends that I don't need it, but I feel that it is my face and my body, and if I want to do it, I think I can. I am normal looking and have no imperfections. Some people get tattoos to make changes to themselves, so if I want to make myself look younger, there isn't nothing wrong with that. However, a damaged Mitral valve in my heart has stopped the process of facial improvements, and the valve has gotten so bad within the last two years that my ejection fraction of my heart is now down to 10 - 15 percent. It has been a struggle the last few months to get the medications correct, and have been been admitted to the hospital on two seperate ocassions in the last month because of this. Looking on the internet, I found that the Mitral valve is the most popular of the valves that get damaged. I have known for the last two years now that it needed to be replaced, and it was a blow to me on Monday when I went to see my cardiologist and she told me that she thinks that the window of opportunity that has been open for the last two years to bring my heart back to normal has most likely been closed now. Unfortunately, the only person that I can blame is myself. I am the one that has prolonged this. It is my fault. I am the one that has let this lapse. Why am I putting this in a blog? I am a very private person, but I have to admit that my stupidity had come into play the last couple of years regarding this situation, and this will only be up long enough for the select few that I wish to show this blog to, and then it will be removed. I have been very stupid regarding my health, going from jogging 7 miles / day up till the last two years, to having a hard time walking up a flight of stairs, or playing with my 5 year old daughter, or even walking 200 feet. I am now scared for myself now and somedays I just want to sit and think of why I spent the last two years just working and not taking care of myself. I now have someone to take over my business in my absence and is doing quite well. I just pray that my cardiologist is joking with me to make me want to take that step toward the open heart surgery, but something is telling me that she isn't joking with me at all. She has been frustrated with me the last two years trying to get me to surgery to get the valve changed out. August 7th, I am having a pre-op done and within a couple of weeks after that the valve will get changed out. Am I scared? Damn right I am. But I feel this way. I can either die a painful death or I can live several more years, but I need to take control of this. I want to spend as much time as I can on this Earth. I have great kids and I spend every waking moment thinking of ways that I can improve their lives as they grow older. I live for my kids. I need to stop talking about this now.
My birthday was the 15th and I got a lot of emails from people telling me Happy Birthday and got a couple of LV gifts and a few e-cards from people on the internet, but my family was all here in Iowa and we had such a good time. It has been a long time since my cousins and Aunts and Uncles were here. A lot of my relatives were here from Michigan. I have a home on a lake along with a fairly large private campground that is mine, so I got the motorhome out of the building and drove it down to the lake and everyone else brought their motorhomes and campers and hooked up there also. I had a couple of flatbed semi trailers set side by side down by the lake and a few of my friends and I jammed out all last week. Everyone has gone home now with the exception of a couple who are staying for another week or so (Hey, the fishing is awesome here).
Speaking of music, a good friend of mine is in Iowa this week and will be spending the day with my family Saturday the 19th. I wish he would have been here a week and a half ago when all of the family was here, but oh well, I will have plenty of video and pictures as we are going to jam out ourselves with my friends at the house. I got a very nice birthday gift from him. His wife Cassidy called me on my birthday and sang Happy Birthday to me on the phone. She has such a beautiful voice. Her and I have sang together quite a bit when we all get together and jam. She normally is with my friend, but they are having their first child due in September and she doesn't go too far away from home now that time is getting closer. They are two of my good friends. I have known him for about 10 years now. He was just starting to get very serious with his business about the time I met him. He is very good at playing guitar and it is always a pleasure to jam with him when we get the chance to get together.
Well that kind of sums it up as to what has been going on in my life for the last month or so. This blog will only be in its entirety for just a short time, then some of it will be removed due to some of the parts of this blog being somewhat private. Even though I cannot control who sees this blog, I do not wish the full blog to be up for more than a couple of days.
TUESDAY, JULY 23RD UPDATE: I have removed quite a bit of content from this blog. I also have a lot of pictures and video of my son Jason's wedding and will ask him if I can post anything on my channel or possibly sending them out via e-mail to my closest friends. I will find out sometime this weekend when we get a chance to talk.
Take care people. Have a great weekend.
Marc
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