When I was 8, my Mother left my Father with 3 kids to raise. My 2 brothers were 4 and 5 months. She didn't want to be a wife or mom anymore. My Dad did the best he could for us, along with alot of help from his parents. He worked in a plastic factory making components for things like car breaks. He married 4 times in his life, always looking for a "mommy" for us kids. He was never truly happy until he met his current wife, Martha. A few months ago, after countless conversations with countless people, he finally went to the doctor. He had been having a hard time breathing and taking falls. The ER admitted him with 3 almost totally blocked arteries. They tried to do the procedure with a catheter to break the blockages up but it failed. He needed a triple bypass. The surgery was a success. He is really mad because he can't do what he enjoys doing yet like he used to. In the last 18 months, both of my brothers took job transfers for their jobs and they went to Kansas City and Atlanta. Dad is having a tough time missing his boys. I booked airfare for Me, Daddy, and my youngest brother for a 5 day trip to Kansas City. Using saved change, savings from coupons, lunch savings because I brown-bagged it, and SR money I was able to come up with $1200 to pay our way. Daddy is super excited! The 4 of us will be together. My step-mom doesn't want to go because of a bad experience flying last year and wants it to be Dad and the kids. My Dad has a very slow-progressing lung cancer from working with plastic components for over 20 years and it decided to rear it's ugly head right after his bypass. I might not have him for Father's Day next year so I want our trip to be the best. I have a ton of memories, warm, fuzzy feelings, and lessons learned from him. I'm hoping our best are yet to come in Kansas City on my brother's back porch in August.