One in a Dillon ..............

Okay I'm going deep on this one .....but some things happened recently that touched me. I meet and sometimes just learn of other families through a common link we share ... our kids ..... even more so .. our kids with medical conditions. Not just Keifer .... Breanna .... with her own medical condition and even Zack and Zoey with their ADHD .... I have met some wonderful people  ... found some great support. I have been lucky to meet a few in person ... others I just follow on Facebook ..... with all of our kids and where we live and my job I cant always make support group meetings and functions ... as a matter of fact I have only made one meeting ever for  the heart support group from Medical City. That group in particular though is a very close group ... I again wish I could join them but maybe one day ....they are all very kind and caring. One couple that is my age and with a son close to Keifers age .... has heart defect .. same hospital .. same surgeon ...friends on Facebook....... they came to see us in the hospital .. actually ran into them a few times .. July 4th , etc .... but as we were being discharged one time this summer ... this couple came to visit us and brought Keifer a gift and we talked for a little while ... they are just the sweetest couple ever. The father ...... passed away in his sleep  ..... at age of 39 .... on Keifers bday last month. I went to the funeral this past Monday ..........it was very emotional .... because .... lots of reasons ... but Im sitting there thinking about how  I came to be sitting there. I was there because we all have a common bond ... me and these other families ... our children ... with their heart defects..... and I watched the others around me and I knew so much about their kids and their journey. We are always so worried about our children not surviving with their hearts ...... but this time it wasnt a child. As Im sitting there then the preacher gets up and says someone is going to say some words  .... I was looking down ... I thought .. I dont know who he is.... but he started to speak and he was explaining who he was.... I knew him ... of him .. I never met them personally but I have followed their sons story for months .... their facebook page is Smiles for David .... he passed away this year .... and I remembered him .. and here was his father speaking at this fathers funeral. Wow ....and he did a great job .... he gave a very accurate honorable description of Dillon..... Im glad I went .... I was honored to have met Dillon and his wife Amy and their sweet boy Ethan. Amy wrote some very touching words to Dillon but what stuck with me was her statement ...... He was one in a Dillon ................