Merry Christmas!

One week to Christmas and we’ve got a busy week ahead, snow’s in the forecast which we hope won’t get in the way of all there is to do. We have been blessed lately with some quiet on the medical front. There may be some more rough travel ahead but we’ve plowed clear down to the pavement and are just patching some potholes now, smooth sailing right into the new year. There is not a better present out there!

It has been 13 months since I started this blog and invited you in to witness some of the craziness that has surrounded our lives. The first site counter crashed and six months of counting was lost but the second is clicking at over four thousand hits so somebody is reading this. Thank you!

I hope it has been both informative and entertaining. I’ve had a lot of fun putting it all in writing. The feedback has been great and the best part is on some really low days I got a laugh out of Renee.

I must apologize to all for not sending out Christmas and Hannukah cards last year. We were pre-occupied with hospitals and trying to get Renee back to some semblance of health. If you remember, Renee had surgery on December 2, 2008, spent over two weeks in the hospital in Cleveland, developed a staff infection and landed back in the hospital here in Louisville on December 23rd after a miserable week at home. We were in the spirit last year but more of the haunting variety.

We missed a lot over the last year, vacations, holiday trips back to Jersey, nearly the entire summer stolen by that darn colon. Cassidy’s Christmas with her mom in the hospital was less than spectacular. She took it like a trooper, though. What we didn’t miss was quality time with doctors. Too bad there’s not a frequent flyer program for that. We would have racked up some major points.

We were carried through by spontaneous acts of kindness by neighbors and friends, an outpouring of caring by near and distant relatives and a few random deeds of thoughtfulness by complete strangers. We’ve got a great support group and I know we would not have been able to bear the burden were it not for all of you.

Over the last 13 months we have seen both the worst and the best of what life can dish out. There was much pain but there was no hardship. There was always room at the inn, there was always enough loaves and fishes, some friends even helped me turn water into wine (actually beer but you’ve got to stick to the script). We believe in miracles here. They may not have been of the magnitude of The Virgin Birth but were no less spectacular in bestowing saving grace upon us.

So, please rejoice with us in miracles and …..

Have a very Merry Christmas!

Love,
Bob, Renee and Cassidy