Thankfulness
Five years ago our family looked much different. Somewhat stressed after a year of medical trials and multiple surgeries, but thankful for a successful lengthening of Jackson's femur. Thankful for our church community, family and friends that held us together during the hard. Thankful for our access to cutting edge medical procedures that take life altering congenital diagnosis and make them manageable nuances. We thought it was the end of our trials.....we later would learn it was only the beginning. At the same time......Five years ago in a large orphanage in China sat a little girl with a broken little heart dying. Her lips purple, her fingertips curled over from lack of oxygen. She was losing her fight to untreated congenital heart disease.... "Tessa" (about 1 year) "Tessa" (about 18 months) But someone had fallen in love and God planted it in her heart to fight for this little girl. Aunt Katie, (holding her in the black and white photo above) had al