More opportunities to love

Paisley, You were on your way to Stanford and the doctors told us to go home and get our bags and get situated for an indefinite stay in Palo Alto.

We just received news a couple hours ago that your health and life were in serious jeopardy. The Doctor painted a scary picture using words that I never thought I would have to hear as a father. The news we had received was given in an incredibly negative tone and needless to say we were scared and not knowing how to take the news.

As we were packing, our beautiful little boy Sawyer was being the wonderful and curious little 16 month old that he was; yanking on our legs, unpacking what we had already packed, throwing our things to see what sound they would make etc. I was ignoring him as I was quite distracted and definitely less than present. Sawyer was playing a little too hard and unfortunately fell and "bonked" his head. He was upset and ran to me to love him and comfort him. This moment changed my entire life. I was sad he bumped his head but eternal grateful that he showed me a lesson that I will never forget.

I feel God used this moment to show me that Paisley did not have anything "wrong" with her but her life would give me many more opportunities to love her and comfort her. I regret that I have not always thought this way in my life.I now know that those who may have medical difficulties, special needs or any other difficulty in their life simply give us more opportunities to love. Thank you for showing me this Paisley(and Sawyer).