PAY IT FORWARD CONTEST

The winner of the pay it forward contest is Judy Thompson and her dad!!! She has given me permission to post her story, so here it is.....

FATHER, BEST FRIEND & HERO!!!


The FATHER and his wife relocated to this area several years ago to farm for a family friend, once they got established the DAUGHTER and her 2 small children relocated to this area so the DAUGHTER could help him out on the farm. For many years now they have been the 2 that have done all the farming (culivating, plowing, planting, harvesting, plus all the maintanence on all the machinery) they have worked together has a FATHER & DAUGHTER team for years now. They are not only FATHER & DAUGHTER but over the years they have become best friends. If one of them happens to not feel well the other takes over so they see that all the work gets done and in a timely manner.

Last fall they get all the crops in and have all the corn & beans stored in a grain bin since all the elevators are full, then they look out and see that bin is on fire, 7 area fire departments shop and get the fire under control, needless to say they lost all the stored corn in the bin as well as the bin, total loss...they moved past that and got all the machinery cleaned and ready for this years crop season. Then a few weeks into getting the fields worked the FATHER is just not being himself, they are on their way to get supplies for the tractors and the more the FATHER talks the more concerned the DAUGHTER gets and she just kept on driving, the FATHER lookes at the DAUGHTER and said hey you just missed your turn, she said yes dad we did, I don't think we are going to be getting any supplies for the farm today I am going to take you into the hospital to get you looked at, and he said ok, if that is what you think we need to do. Well within 48 hours of going to the hospital
he was on his way to Mayo's to have a brain tumor removed. This tumor had developed with in the last 2 weeks and was already applying enough pressure on the brain to make his eye and mouth droop and he was losing his balance. So they went in and were able to get the biggest part of the tumor but was not able to get the fingers that had already attatched themselves to different parts of the front lobe of the brain, they told him that he could start chemo and then radiation to try give him more time, they have since scheduled his 1st radiation treatment but once they got to town the DAUGHTER had spoken with the doctors from Mayo's and they have told her that radiation and chemo may give him a few more months to live and that if he were not to do anything at all the life that he will have after doing radiation will not be the same. So with that being said the DAUGHTER is trying to convince him not to do the radiation and enjoy what time he has left and keep the good quailty of life that he currently has left here on earth.

The daughter would like to have the chance to have some family pictures taken, pictures of her FATHER and Best Friend while he remains with her even though she knows that he only has a limited time left here she wants to have all the memories that she can treasure of him , he will never be forgotten but will be greatly missed and I would love to give her this opportunity to take a day out for her and her FATHER so she will have this to treasure as well as his memories that will forever be in her heart!!!

I can not think of a better way for her to treasure her memories of her FATHER, BEST FRIEND & HERO........