Dear Jack
Life Lessons from a Brain Tumor Patient to His Two Year Old Son
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Dear Jack,
This book is written for you, but I hope others can benefit from the new perspective I have on life. I can’t express in words how much I love you. You are only two years old as of this writing, and I couldn’t be more proud of you.
As I will explain in this book, I have a cancerous brain tumor. I am not sure what the future holds for me, but I would be a bad Dad to not attempt to teach you the lessons I have learned through my battle with brain cancer.
If you get anything from this book at all, I want it to be to put your relationship with God and family before anything else. Drive and ambition are both good things, but when left unchecked, they can spiral out of control.
Our strengths can become our biggest weaknesses, and I want you to avoid the major pitfalls associated with misplaced priorities. Use the life lessons I will teach you in this book to find your own, unique way to serve God.
If God decides to call me home early, just know I will be looking down on you from a Heaven that is real-a Heaven full of love and joy. This earthly life is like a grain of sand on a beach, when compared to eternal life, and we will reunite back in Heaven one day.
For now though, love God, love other people, and make disciples, because that is what we are called to do on Earth.
Love, Dad
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I was one of the first hires at a growing startup called Bellhops. Somewhere along the way, I ended up working sixty hours a week. I was placing work above all else: faith, family, friends, you name it. Work was always my first priority.
That was until June 4, 2015, when I collapsed at work and had three grand mal seizures. I was diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma, which comes with an average life expectancy of fifteen months.
Dear Jack is written for my son, but all parents can benefit from the life lessons this book teaches. Dear Jack encourages a Christian lifestyle while making parents think about a healthy work-life balance. Parents can use the lessons learned through my personal story to avoid future pitfalls of misplaced priorities.
About the Author
Since being diagnosed with brain cancer, I have been published in Forbes. An article of mine has over 15,000 views, and I have also published a few blogs that garnered thousands of shares.
My wife, Elizabeth; my two-year-old son, Jack; and I live in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attend Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. We spend our free time enjoying all the amazing outdoor activities that Chattanooga has to offer and living life to the fullest.