LOL @thedarkhorse, he would kick your butt for calling him old. He's just a kid 😊. He would tease me about being up so late, I wasn't late to me. I was working graveyards. We would just chat about all sorts of things. And be silly. There was one night he was in a lot of pain and of course he didn't want to take a pain pill since he'd taken a half earlier 🙄. He just wanted to chat and giggle a little. He had actually fallen asleep on me. About an hour later I get the ping of a message and he was embarrassed. I just laughed and told him that's what he gets for staying up past his bedtime.
Some people might have thought I joked too much or seemed to 'ignore' some of the situation. I didn't, I did what he asked me to do. He said to keep him laughing. Plus, how can you not laugh at a birthday cake thief.
He fell asleep on me a couple times too...lol. He would push himself all the time to keep going. We also always talked like there was a tomorrow as he didn't want to dwell on the issue at hand. He wanted each day to be about life, not death and I think that is largely why he survived as long as he did.
Exactly. He constantly would remind me. Of course I would say 'Ok Dad' Then the jokes about him only being old enough to be my son started.
I loved the birthday cake thief thing! So funny! I'm sure that's a photo that will always be treasured by the family too.