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Although some traditions speak about this world as an illusion, Dr. James Wolf has found one thing that's not.
Dr. Wolf, a Family Practice, Board Certified M.D. who rates 4.9 out of all five stars on a Healthgrades patient-satisfaction survey, is
suffering from pancreatic cancer. Possibly having only three more months to live, he is getting down to bare essentials – which for him spells "relationships."
What he would miss most could be the family milestones, such as his daughter Rachel's wedding-to-be (someday to someone not yet determined).
Therefore, Rachel came up with a poignantly unique idea. Why not create
the circumstances for a father-daughter wedding dance right here and now?
This dance recently took place at the Auburn (California) Recreation Park. According to Gabe Gutierrez of TODAY,
Rachel's white dress "sparkled in the evening sun." Just a few hours before, Dr. Wolf had been lying there exhausted in the hospital. Gutierrez reports that "he could barely get dressed without help from his wife."
However, he was now gazing adoringly at his daughter as they glided across the dance floor to "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman. His wife Jeanine, and his other daughter Lauren, were right close by, and he danced with them next. Also present was "a group of Dr. Wolf's patients."
During this most bittersweet of occasions, Dr. Wolf stated: Each and every day, we have a choice. We
have a choice to
either love that person in front of us or not. It's the relationships that you build over
the years that is the
most important thing in life. Everything else is
just an illusion.
Resources
http://www.today.com/news/dying-father-has-last-first-dance-daughter-6C10703525
http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-james-wolf-ykhgv/patient-ratings
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