This Thanksgiving I feel especially thankful. Not in the “Let’s pause for a moment to be thankful” way. I have been feeling so aware for weeks of all that we have in our life, all that is good and all that we have to be thankful for.
- I am thankful for the friends and family in our life who support and love us, make us laugh, care for us — and in doing so, keep us going.
- I am thankful for the nurses and therapists who have become such an important part of our life, who support us, give us knowledge, and who have a deep affection for and a vested interest in the quality of life of our little girl.
- I am thankful for the doctors who care for Gwendolyn with sensitivity and warmth and who look to us as an integral part of the team — Team Gwendolyn.
- I am thankful for the people we have met in this process, the other fighter parents who work tirelessly to raise awareness, to increase funds, to change the future — because if we don’t, who will?
- I am thankful for the strangers who care, care enough to learn, care enough to spread the word, care enough to help, care enough to bless us with such incredible kindness — strangers who have become friends because they chose not to look away.
- I am thankful for the most incredible partner, friend, husband; I am thankful for his unwavering love, his honesty, his ability to just “get it” and his integrity in fighting for not only our daughter, but for what is right.
- And I am thankful for my Gwendolyn, my sweet, darling, beautiful Gwendolyn, for her patience, for her resilience, for her love of adventure, and for her unending zest for life.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Thank you for being part of our life.
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