What a difference a year makes...

Justin and I were thinking back to a year ago on Saturday, October 24 2008, to the date of Reagan's heart surgery. Memories of last year, remembering our worry and concern with heavy hearts that she would be ok through the surgery and after, filled our thoughts... How thankful we are that the surgery has been a success and her heart is doing great because of it!! Thank you, Lord!!

I keep the above pic of Reagan on my phone. It is of her after her heart surgery, in the hospital bed, wearing her Halloween hat. I keep it on my phone as a little life and attitude check. It is to remind me when life gets stressful or I feel overwhelmed, or when I start to grumble about the little things, that we are truly blessed, and what we have to be thankful for!!

In a few weeks, Reagan will have a very minor surgery to get tubes in her ears at Children's. Being at Children's again will I'm sure bring back a lot of memories, but it will be nothing compared to what we went through a year ago.