The Visit

After a week off in SanDiego the temptation was great to go to work but Ruth was able to resist because....Lynn and Abigail were to come into town. The visit lasted a week and provided some sweet time for us to fall more in love with Abigail and for her to realize she liked her mom better than she liked us!!:) Afternoons were spent at the park and a day at the Art Museum where Will and Abigail humored the sisters and their cultural outing. Abigail really is as cute as she looks with a quick laugh and a teetering walk. Will continued to receive treatments and need a nap in order to recuperate in the afternoons which worked perfectly with Abigail's schedule. This provided the sisters with some much needed time to run and just talk about life with one another. Lynn and Abigail headed on to Chicago to meet Jeremy's family and we stayed in KC to prepare for Christmas!






































Since two weeks away from work never seem like enough Ruth decided not to return until after Christmas. We had decided that it was time to start a full-time position and one opened in the Surgical ICU (SICU) so an agreement was made to start on the 26th. With this in mind there was not much reason to go in before, so Ruth just stayed home with Will. He surprised her with a trip to the Nutcracker which she had wanted to see in real life for years. He is a romantic!
Not surprisingly this has been one of our favorite Christmas seasons. There have been many evenings spent just sitting by the fire and enjoying the lights of the tree. Praying together every evening brought a sense of thankfulness for the baby that came and then died for our sins. It is a bit mind boggling to thing the precious baby in a manger died 33 years later. A connection that had not been made in my head and I still struggle to fully realize. Another aspect of Christ that I continue to wrestle with but know is true is the fact the God is good. God is good even though Will is sick. God is loving because that is who He is. It does not change just because Will has become ill. It is truth. I learn faith, true faith from my husband who continues to believe and trust that God is real, present, and active no matter what goes on with his body - he believes in truth. I am blessed.














So Christmas day came with a late wakeup call and a leisurely time opening presents. I am sure if the Lord chooses to bless us with kids one day we will love waking at the crack of dawn but it sure was nice to do everything at a slow pace including taking a nap prior to cooking! Will's parents and brother came over for the evening meal and just made it feel like a real celebration. We are grateful to have family near enough to have over and thankful for the phone to talk to those who are not! So as said before as husband and wife you stay together in sickness and in health and we are truly blessed.