Nicole Miller

Making memories

Let me start by saying that my father is terminally ill and in the end stage of kidney failure. We have gone through all of the tests and are pending acceptance on the transplant list. However, the current wait time for a kidney is about 3-8 years and my dad has been told that he can live about 2 years on dialysis. That will help you to better understand why I’ve chosen to do the craft in which I will be referring to in this story. I am an only child and even though I am now 37 years old, I am still my father’s only “child”. My dad was sure that my mom was carrying a boy and my dad dreamed of the coaching football games, playing baseball in the yard and all the things he could do with his son. The minute I was born, he became a girl dad and wouldn’t have it any other way. We have traveled together, shopped together, and he has protected his little girl from the moment he saw me for the first time.