"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." - Shel Silverstein

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Blessed

Having Marissa's trach stoma closed has brought us so much freedom. We are, once again, finding out how much we are blessed.

We are finding so much joy in the small things that we could never do before Rissa got her trach out, such as splashing in the bath, tubing down the Colorado River this Summer as part of my little brother's Wedding Extravaganza Week, and her newest backyard toy... the inflatable water slide!!


Can't you just feel her joy?

10 comments:

Ayden said...

You can just feel her excitement!! Too fun... so glad it FINALLY warmed up!

Michelle said...

*kleenex warning* LOVE IT!

Colleen said...

Kleenex warning for sure! It has been a long road for you and Marissa and now it's time to celebrate!

Anonymous said...

Yeah!!! What a great time for all of you! So happy for her and you.

Nana and PaPa said...

YEP! Kleenex time! Not only tears of joy, joyful CRYING to watch Marissa delight in splashing, bouncing and sliding down a watery slide with NO FEAR or restrictions of ANY kind!! Yes...you can feel her joy and excitement just by watching her! What FUN! YEAH!!! DOUBLE YEAH!!!
Love,
Nana & PaPa

Lacey said...

What a great summer toy! I'm more than a little jealous, since its about 40 degrees here and I'm freezing!

The round-the-worlders said...

Thank you.... thank you...thank you. It's wonderful to see her getting splashed in the face. Did it bother her? Can't wait to see you all.

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It has been a while since I have seen Marissa in action and WOW, has she ever progressed! So happy for her and her parents. I found your blog a few years ago and feel like I know your family just from following it. I am so happy that things keep going better all of the time and truly see that you are blessed!

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DevonLeah said...

tears watching this!! she looks so wonderful, beautiful, healthy....she is a BLESSING!s