Hello Friends!

I pray you all had a blessed holiday that left you with timeless treasured memories and a laughter that brings tears to your eyes. Being surrounded by loved ones and taking advantage of those times where you can look up at all that you are surrounded by and just smile because it is a sight of complete bliss. Kids laughing, family jokes and of course...full bellys :)

We were so blessed to have a wonderful weekend with our family. We celebrated it on Friday rather than the actual Thanksgiving day but it made me realize so much just by the day not being the traditional calendar day. It made me realize that everyday is a day to celebrate. And there is so much to celebrate! So much to be thankful for and it doesn't have to be a specific day on a calendar to realize that. This was my firs Thanksgiving away from my family and I dearly missed them however I cherished the family I was surrounded by. The family that the Lord brought into my life and I truly am thankful for. When I sat and watched everyone gathered and having a good time it also dawned on me that they were celebrating a day that has already passed for them. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October yet they traveled to Ohio to celebrate the day with us and help make a treasured day to hold in our book of memories. Such an amazing family I have been blessed with! Jason has truly brought so much joy into my life through so many areas of my life that I get overwhelmed when I think about it now. The Lord knew what e was doing when He put us together. And what the Lord has put together...and well what He puts together is pretty much indestructable. He builds foundations and then as time goes by the structure of the foundation becomes a blue print that later becomes a building that has many doors, many windows, many rooms. Some may collapse with time but they are always rebuilt, stronger hopefully with better knowledge on what caused the error. But in the end when you take the time to step back and look at what He was planning for when He created the foundation and left you to do the rest you realize that there is so much more room for growth. I hope you can understand where I am coming from this. We are each His creation and He has such dreams for us. When I looked up this past Friday and saw all that He brought together it took my breath away. This foundation IS strong. It has been through alot and it may have lost a few walls and cracks may have tried to bring down pieces of it but it is being re-built tougher, stronger and with alot more knowledge on what life is. I am so thankful for that.

So with that said I will update you on what is the next door we will be walking thru. They only casted Jason's neck once and it was then decided that he would have the surgery regardless so it was not tried again. I completely understand their decision as they really at this point are definitely wanting Jason's comfort level when he goes home to be controlled so that he gets the well deserved rest he needs for each day. The surgery tomorrow will be at noon and we are both feeling a bit anxious. It is a feeling I am extremely familiar with as we have been through numerous surgeries already. We both know that it is one that will bring him better mobility and has alot of positive conclusions on how it will help in the long run but it is never easy to prepare yourself for these days. You never get use to it and I am thanksul for that. I don't want to get 'use to it'. This is only a time in our life it is not our life. So yes we are both anxious about tomorrow and we aske for prayer. I know He will bring peace and strength ans He always has but please keep us in your prayers as we move forward this week. It is a two part surgery and God willing we will be home within two weeks. Tomorrow they will go in and release the left side of Jason's neck and lay the Integra. They are using a machine that is new to us. It is a vac machine that will actually cause the wound to heal faster drying the area of any moisture and preparing it for the new skin that will be layed over the Integra the following Monday. I know Jason is in great hands and that the Lord is watching over him so I am confident that this will lead to successful news as I will keep you all updated. We will be back in familiar territory these next couple of weeks and I just can't tell you how excited I am to reunite with my good ol'couch bed :) I will update tomorrow night letting you all know how he did.

Thank you for all your support and please keep us in your prayers. Once again, I pray you all had a wonderful holiday! God Bless!!

With all good said, goodbye for now...

LOVE,

Bethany