Chapter 7:
Everything must change
Always the showstopper! My 30th birthday party in Kansas City.
My breast surgeon, Dr. DeWitty
I think this is the last pic I took with my father. He invited me to workout with him at the YMCA. December 2014
2-weeks after memorializing my father, I started chemo.
My pre-chemo trip was amazing! I love my Cowboys
Maltbia-Jacks Clan
Gene as a toddler
Christmas 2015. My paternal grandmother's living children, (L-R) Aunt Linda, Uncle Gary, Aunt Evelyn, Aunt Mary, and my father, Gene
Victor and Daisy. Lawwwd...they loved that dog!
I surprised him for his 70th birthday and treated him to dinner. WHYYYY didn't I take a pic with him?!
This was a fun visit!
My father's children, (L-R) me, Vincent, Rozeta and Victor.
He taught me how to make cancer look good! January 2013
Gene, cousin Stacey, Aunt Minerva (Stacey's mom)
Five months after chemo and STEM cell transplant. May 2013
I wrote and designed his obituary. When I went to Kinkos to print it, the young lady working there KNEW HIM FROM THE YMCA! He never met a stranger.
#ThisIs70