Kalee and Brylee: A Christmas Eve miracle!

The true meaning of Christmas couldn't have been felt or witnessed more than it was for all of us. My Great Grandma Hartman became very sick on Christmas Eve and had a massive stroke. The doctors did not have a lot of good news to share with us and there were a lot of hard decisions that has to be made. Once we received the phone call, we all made our way to the hospital to be with Great Grandma and to let her know that we loved her and were thinking about her. As there was not much improvement as the night went on, we decided that it was time to say our goodbyes and leave her in the hands of God. As I was in the room with all of the family and extended family, I sat next to Great Grandma and started talking to her. As I did, she became responsive and showed more strength and improvement than we had seen all night long. I waved to her and by a shear miracle, she started waving back. My next trick was to blow her a kiss. As I did that, she caught my kiss and stuck it to her face! It was nothing short of amazing what we were all witnessing. All my Great Grandma has ever wanted is for her and I to share a special moment of play together and I truly believed we had that connection at that moment. You could feel the love and warmth that encompassed everyone that was in her room that night. We witnessed the love and spirit that Christmas was all about. We went home that night with happy hearts and a hope for a better tomorrow and no one even thought about the gifts that were under the tree...

Christmas was finally here and I was able to tear into all of the gifts that everyone had been telling me not to touch for so long. We had a good day with everyone and really felt blessed to be able to share it with friends and family. Grandma was still holding her own and the good news kept coming.

Before we left to come back home, we stopped by to see Great Grandma again and she was starting to move her right side, was responsive, and was trying to talk even through it was extremely difficult. She told me she loved me before we left and I told her the same.

When we finally were back home, there were even more gifts waiting for me. I am such a lucky girl to have so many people that love and care about me. My first Christmas was a good one and thank you to everyone that has given me gifts so far. We will be traveling to St. Charles later this week to share Christmas once again with Grandma and Grandpa Mayhew. I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday so far and I cannot wait to party it up on New Years Eve!

A smile to warm your heart!