Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my parent's house. Cory's parents joined in on the celebration. We are very thankful to God for what He has brought us through this year. Recently, I have been reflecting on the past year. There have been some monumental moments that we will never forget. Some of them are: being told "There are two babies" by the ultrasonographer, finding out that we were having identical boys, hearing over the phone that we should terminate our pregnancy with Aaron, going to Houston and then being told we could not terminate the pregnancy even if we had wanted to, the pregnancy making it to 28 weeks, hearing James at delivery, hearing in the OR that Aaron weighed 710 grams and not under 500 grams (there was a huge gasp of relief by the 14 people attending the delivery), calling Cory to tell him to come to the hospital because Aaron probably wouldn't make it through the night, crying at Aaron's bedside and telling him that he could go-that he did not have to fight anymore, insisting on heroic care even if Aaron was profoundly neurologically disabled, seeing Aaron leave in a helicopter for Houston, seeing Cory's pride the first time he could hold one of his sons, their beautiful smiles, the boys touching my face and talking to me, the boys "talking" to each other, and so much more. By His Grace, God has answered countless prayers. Thank you for praying for us. There are people I have never met all over the world praying for us. God has answered our prayers. Our situation could easily have had a different outcome, and medically should have. We are forever changed by this past year. I would not change anything. We are deeply, deeply grateful to God for all of our children and for always carrying us. Thank you Christ for all you have done for us.