Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving Feast 2012

We have so much to be thankful for this year...every year really....but I feel especially grateful for where we are today compared to where we were last year.

2011 Dave and I spent Thanksgiving at Lucile Packard with Sadie.  I think of our room that became home, the hum of the machines and fans, the hourly vital signs, the smell, the voices and footsteps outside the door, the couch bed and crib.  I think of the wonderful friends who shared their feasts with us so we didn't have to eat hospital food.  I think of the wonderful doctors and nurses who care for Sadie and have completely earned our trust. I think of the other families who were our neighbors at the hospital during that time, and who were and are experiencing heartache for their child.  I think of the many generous friends and family who have shared their time, money and kind thoughts with us to ease our burdens.

I expect every Thanksgiving, I'll look back at November 2011 and realize how truly blessed our family is.