Last year on Christmas Eve Caleb was admitted to Primary Children's hospital. We drove through a blinding snowstorm to get there and spent a long night in the ER. In the wee hours of the morning, my husband came home so he could be there when our little boys woke up on Christmas morning. I stayed in the hospital with Caleb as he continued to worsen and eventually ended up in the pediatric ICU. I woke up on Christmas morning to the beeping lights on the ventilator and longed for the lights on my Christmas tree. I cried.
I've been reflecting on that Christmas with a tender heart. So this year, as we are hoping to spend the holidays all together, we have been thinking of families who will not. Many warm hearts and helping hands made it possible for us to deliver 120 packages for parents who are in the hospital with a sick child over the holidays! Friends, church members, youth, local buisnesses, and even strangers made it possible for us to compile these care packages. We are touched beyond words.
I know that if Caleb could speak he would tell us that his greatest Christmas wish is to reach out and love others. Thank you to many warm hearts and helping hands for making Caleb's Christmas wish come true!
