When we were in Arizona, it was our goal to be home by Christmas. God has been very good to us, and we made it with a couple of weeks to spare. We did miss Joy's all-city choir program at the high school, but we did see her in the church program and at Six Flags. The highlight of our Christmas season was seeing Joy run down the aisle to hug Missy at church.
It doesn't really seem like today is Christmas Eve. We spent the entire month of November in Arizona, so that month was totally different for us. Christmas actually came early for us this year. We feel like we have already been blessed with so much this year, especially recently. Missy has a new liver that is working very well. Her pre-transplant symptoms have almost all disappeared. She has ankles again. The only negative so far is that she doesn't have many clothes that fit due to her weight loss. I'm not sure that she sees it as a negative however.
Missy's liver transplant had dominated our thoughts and plans for so long. It seems strange to have the transplant behind us. Her journey is not over by any means, but we are past one very large obstacle. The recovery has gone well so far, and Missy is trying very hard to be good. She has always had a tendency to try to do more than she should, and that trait hasn't changed. She will slowly make it back to her usual self. She already has much more energy than she had before the transplant.
God has always been very good to us, but we are especially blessed this Christmas. We hope that all who read this experience the true meaning and blessings of CHRISTmas this year. Have a very merry Christmas, everybody!
"For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11
