Jeff and Ellie ended the year doing what they do best.
When he put her down I put a blanket on her and then came back to find her like this. I don't think there's much to worry about though when your child has air literally piped through her nose 24/7.
This year a dear family member told me of a New Year's tradition from Cuba that I could not resist trying. It sounded like the perfect way to end 2012! They fill a bucket with water and toss it out their door as a symbol of putting the past behind them.
Although our life is a continuum of days that form who we are on this journey to be with God forever in heaven, it's o.k. to say "we did it, we survived" during something hard. I even had dirty mop water to do it with! It was very theraputic to envision the bucket being full of all the tears we cried, including Ellie's tears through all her procedures and rough times.
So, out the water went!
Then it hit Xavier the year was over. A child doesn't quite understand that today is really yesterday's tomorrow. Simple, huh? :)
But what a child does understand is when their mom says they can eat an entire candy bar for dessert...
there is always a reason to celebrate this life.
