Blessing

     After our daughter's last seizure and subsequent concussion I sat down and wrote a letter to our families to let them know what had been going on with her. We had been so out of touch! It had been a hectic time with a bunch of seizures, medication changes, colds & illness, doctor's appointments, missed commitments, sleepless nights....you name it. Everyone needed an update and our daughter needed everyone's prayers and positive thoughts. The subsequent out-pouring of familial love was maybe what you would expect from a couple of great, relatively large families. What I did not expect was how I would feel after witnessing this flurry of emails and phone calls; how loved she is --- genuinely, completely and unconditionally. Whether it was a list of emails from our daughter's godmother, the string of photos from St. Lucia sent by my vacationing brother, the lunch dates at school arranged by a caring cousin or the prayer chains immediately notified in the South-West United States as well as in the North-East, it was love. And it was kind, helpful, load-lightening and breath-easing. Our daughter is walking with a lighter step and a bigger smile. It's not over of course; there are still headaches and we still deal with the threat of seizures every day but our daughter feels even more loved than she did before and that is a blessing. Thank you!