Our family has been so very blessed. We are receiving meals, gifts, Christmas ornaments, packages in the mail, anonymous gifts, gift cards, prayers, blessings and lots of love.
We could not be doing as well as we are doing if it weren't for the love being shown to us. Yesterday my sweet friend brought us the most amazing dinner: grilled chicken, roasted potatoes and wonderful green beans...she even made gingerbread for dessert. What is amazing is that this precious friend went out, in the snow, cleared the ice from her grill to grill the chicken for us -- and she's 6 months pregnant! I don't deserve this kind of love! Thank you, sweet friend. You are a great treasure to me and I can't imagine my life a single day without you!
Because my friend offered to bring us dinner I was able to spend some time cleaning my house plus I got a nap and a shower! Had I had to plan for dinner and cook dinner I would have gotten neither a nap, nor a shower, much less cleaned my house... It was a gift of nourishment for our bodies, but for my spirit as well. Thank you! And I love you, dearly!
Now...for those who don't get thank you cards... I am going to try to write this without growing overly emotional. But I must just brag on my precious family for a moment.
In the past month my husband has taken time off work to go with me to treatments and doctors' appointments. He has done housework, ran errands, taken kids to and from school, taken them to after-school and church activities. He has managed our finances brilliantly and navigated insurance without question. He's let me nap without complaint, he's lost sleep, he's gone without personal time and he hasn't complained one single time.
He has always been my very best friend and my truest companion. To say "I love him" is so understated. He is the love of my life. He is the one who holds my hand and my heart. He holds my hand during the night when I sleep. He hugs me gently so he doesn't hurt me. He is a true example of how Christ loves the church and gave himself for it. I am blessed beyond measure for all he is and all he has done. I cannot thank him enough for being a rock during all of this. I am blessed for every moment of every day of the past 22 years that I have had the blessing of sharing with him. John Ross...I love you to my very core. You are the greatest gift God has ever given me on this earth!
My precious children have also stepped up during this journey. They have cleaned their rooms, learned to do laundry, helped with household chores, let me nap in peace, cleaned up after dinner, finished homework without me fussing, given up activities, stayed home when they wanted to go somewhere and culled their sibling rivalries. They have hugged me gently, loved me greatly and blessed me immensely.
We were told by three fertility specialists that we would never have children, but God in his great grace blessed us with both Kayla and Austin. They bring us joy, laughter, lessons and love. We are better people because we are their parents - they are an inheritance from The Lord and we are blessed.
To my family, I cannot write a thank you note to tell you how much I appreciate you. You are more than a help to me. You are a blessing of all blessings, a treasure. It is an honor to share my life with you. You are heaven sent and I love every minute I share with you!
Only By His Grace,
Billie
You are an amazing woman Billie!
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