Happy Thanksgiving to all of our devoted readers! I can't even begin to explain how thankful we are for this holiday season. This time last year Tim and I wouldn't even talk about the 2010 holiday season because we were so afraid of what the future held for us and our little family of 3.
This year- yeah this year is the first year that I actually understand exactly what Thanksgiving is all about. Thanksgiving is not about the food on our table or where and when we will celebrate the holiday. No, Thanksgiving is about the people that you get to spend it with and looking back over the past year and realizing how completely blessed you are to be exactly where you are on this given day.
My goodness we have so many things to be thankful for this year. Our family and friends for standing by us, supporting us and loving us throughout this year. The nurses that we spent our long days at the hospital with. Dr. Alonso, Dr. Alam, Dr. Tiao and the entire transplant team for successfully getting my kidney out and into Max with as few complications as possible. We are so incredibly thankful for Dr. Ben, Dr. Brad and the entire nephrology department for their expertise and devotion to getting Max to where he is today. We would not be where we are without them. (Dr. Ben- We are going to miss you greatly).
Thankful doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about this holiday season. I don't know if there is a word out there to express our gratitude that we get to celebrate this Thanksgiving with our son. Max has taught us more in his short 2.5 years than we have learned in our entire lives. His smile is contagious beyond belief and oh his laugh. Yeah his laugh is medicine for the soul. He is the light of our lives and we are thankful, blessed and honored that he is here with us to be celebrating this beautiful 2010 holiday season.
Happy Thanksgiving!
1 comment:
I sincerely doubt that the parents of a normal healthy child take that child and his good health for granted.
But for you to have gone what you have gone through for your son,clearing each hurdle as it was thrown at you, has to make you realize just how fragile and precious the lives of these little one truly are.
I am soooo happy that things are on the upswing and that hopefully the worst part of yours and Max's life are behind you.
Congratulaions, and enjoy this Thanksgiving and holiday season like none other - you've certainly earned it.
DS/BBHS
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