**Warning: This is a LONG post to read** As 2014 comes to a close in a few hours I reflect back on everything that has happened this year. It has been full of so many emotions, both good & bad. We were blessed with the most incredible, beautiful, amazing, strong, smart, angelic (I could go on & on) little princess. She has brought us so much heartache, fear, worry & tears but they dont come close to the pure joy she has brought & continues to bring us each day. When I am feeling stressed, exhausted & inadequate all I have to do is hold her close & see her give me a huge smile & all of the negative disappears. This past year has attempted to teach me patience (which I dont know if Ill ever master). Patience is something I know that Heavenly Father has been working on with me & Im sure will be a life long battle for me. This year was HARD! But I wouldnt trade it for the world. I am beyond blessed with all of Rosies fans that lift me up with each like & comment. It has amazed me how so many strangers can feel such love for us & be so incredibly generous in so many ways. I have the most wonderful family who we would not have survived the year without. They deserve all the praise in the world. My dad has went out of his way every single day to drive me up to the hospital because we only have 1 car & even after I started staying the night he would still drive all the way up there to bring me breakfast & peek in on his little girl, even if he only got to see her sleeping for less than a minute before he had to rush off to work. No matter what was going on with him between working 2-3 jobs & helping my siblings & their families out as well as my mom, he would still make sure he came up on Sunday evenings to spend a little time with Rosie. He also took care of our dogs every morning & night so that we didnt have to worry about them. My mom & sister-in-law Amber made sure that they came up at least once a week to spend an entire day with Rosie & I at the hospital, playing with her, reading to her & making sure I was able to get rest, shower & get something for lunch. The rest of my family (Matthew, Jordan, Rachael & all my awesome nephews + any extended family) continually praying for us. Im grateful for the special nurses who have touched our hearts & lives. Even though we didnt have the best experience with Winnie Palmer & Arnold Palmer hospitals, there are a few VERY special people who made all the difference. I hope you all know who you are & I want you to know that we love you & think the absolute world of each of you. Thank you for taking the very best care of Rosie & for helping us advocate for her. Thank you for listening to me vent, letting me cry & making me a part of our daughters care. You helped me learn & grow. I would not have survived this trial without my eternal companion, Jereme, by my side. I dont even know how to write the words to describe how I feel about him. He is so imperfectly perfect & compliments me so well. Even though he can aggravate me to my core with his endless energy & sarcasm, he has kept me somewhat sane throughout all of this. He always knows how to make me smile & laugh, he has taken a huge load off my shoulders by learning how to help take care of Rosies special needs & is constantly helping me & he loves me & our daughter unconditionally. He is the best husband & daddy that I couldve ever hoped to marry. Above all else that I am grateful for is my Heavenly Father & my Savior, Jesus Christ. No matter what your beliefs are I want you to know that I believe in them. My faith in them & their plan for all of us is what has gotten me through from day one. It took us almost 3 years to get pregnant with Rosie. And it wasnt until we started using faith as an action word & trusting in their timing & accepting their will for us that we were blessed. And after 3 long years & finally getting what weve been waiting for, to find out that wed encounter so many trials with Rosies health & so much unknown for someone like me who is a planner, I couldve let it tear me apart. But I chose faith. I knew that no matter the outcome, even if we lost her, that it would be His will & our Saviors atoning sacrifice would carry us through anything we had to face. Please know that YOU are a child of a loving Heavenly Father. And you have a Savior, Jesus Christ, who lived, suffered, died & rose again for YOU. Even if you were the only person that ever lived that would benefit from His sacrifice, He would still have done it. He has felt every single emotion & experience that anyone will ever feel or go through so that you will never be alone. I know that families can be eternal. This life is not the end. So for 2015 I pray that each of you are blessed with the things you hope for & the things you are in need of. I pray that each of you can feel peace & can feel the love of our Heavenly Father & Savior. Thank you for your prayers for us as they have made us stronger. Please continue to be a part of our lives for many years to come. We love you & wish you a very happy new year!
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 02:45:21 +0000
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