Hey Baby, We love you. You had another great day today. You got you final doses of your heart medicine. So tomorrow we should get an echo and the results will show us whether the medicine helped fix your heart or not. So tomorrow will be a big day for us. As for today, its really just the 24 hr wait between your final dose and your echo. It was just a day of staff adjusting your machines and you growing stronger. You are doing so well.Mommy, Nana and I all visited you yesterday. You are growing. You are up to 1 lb 7 oz now. That’s up almost 50% from your lowest weight. It makes me so happy.
This evening came bearing bad news for daddy. I lost one of my dearest childhood friends. I loved him and this hurts. I know you won’t make it through life without experiencing this pain. Jason and I growing up spent as much time together as possible. I haven’t meet anyone who has brought more laughter and joy in each moment to those around him than Jason. We would stay up for days laughing and goofing off, until our parents were forced to separate us for our own well being. He always wanted to give everyone around him the good feeling of laughter. He and I drifted away over the last 20 years. We would bump into each other every few years and promise to schedule time to catch up. It never happened or at least not often enough. Just 9 days ago we had a little comment conversation on Facebook. I thought to reach out again, but then figured I was too busy and could probably find a more convenient time in a few weeks. Well that time never came. I lost the opportunity to ever talk with him again. A more convenient time never comes. Every day comes with new stuff that gets in the way. A few weeks is always just as busy. So I hope you prioritize friends, relationships, and the investment of time in them. The best investment, the most important thing you can do is to give time; time to listen and time to share. You never know when you will be out of time, so cherish it,and use it for relationships, and use it for love.
We love you and you make us proud. Let’s hope tomorrow’s results bring good news and if not we will fight our way through it.
Letters to Holland 