Please cast your good thoughts this way....

I'm a wee bit emotional today...

Tomorrow morning, my father is going to have his right hip completely replaced. I know that this is considered routine surgery today.

But, this is my Daddy we are taking about here.

My Hero.

My Mentor.

The man in the flight suit that I watched climb into big jet fighters and roar off into the sky.

The man I idolized, and fell short of long ago.

And now he's going into surgery tomorrow and I wish I could be there for him. But I have to be here, and that sucks..

So, I'll light my prayer candles, and say a few prayers, and not sleep tonight.