I have a vivid memory of holding my Dad’s hands and thinking, we have the same hands. The same long fingers. He also gave me his super long toes. Which would bring some ridicule through my younger years. But I remember him telling me, if your second toes longer than your first toe, it means you’re going to be rich!

Now I know he told me this just to make light of a situation I had no control over. But I love that I have this memory.

My daughter has my hands and feet. Long fingers and long toes. And my youngest has my feet. I love knowing that this is not just something they got from me, but from my Dad as well. And I tell my daughter that we have the same toes and they are the best! And when she’s gets older and hates her long toes, I’ll tell her how rich she’ll be rich some day!!

Nikki commentary: my CEA came down 1 point. It’s a 3.9, down from 4.8. I’ll have a CT scan in December 11!

While I’m relieved the number went down, maybe it was a blessing it went up. To remind me to enjoy this life. I convinced Scott that we needed to go to the beach this Fall because what if a year from now, I’m sick?! We need to live now. We need to enjoy life now.

And right now, I’d give anything to hold my Dad’s hands again. I’ve been missing him lately. Telling my kids about him lately. They have pictures up of him in their rooms. They know he was silly, funny, loving. He was the best!!

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