Tick tock goes the clock
1. At the swimming pool yesterday we played hide and seek. We slid down the water-slide with you between my legs, our hands slapping at the side to push us faster. When we neared the bottom you shouted: I'm going to hold my nose! I was worried that when we hit the water I was going to bowl right over you and hurt you. But that didn't happen. We swam in the "big"pool. You attempted to dog paddle, struggling to keep your head up, tiring yourself out. I let you put your arms around my neck and ride me like a dolphin across the pool. Later, we sat in the kiddie pool talking. "Daddy, when I'm 46, are you still going to be alive." "I don't know, bud. Probably not. I'll be really old. I'll be 86." "But will you be alive?" "I don't know. I hope so. I hope I get old enough to see you be a man. But...you know, I'm sick." "How are you sick?" "My heart is sick. I have heart disease. It's...