Nick’s Christmas Wish
17 Dec 2009 1 Comment
One evening while I was working, our son Nick brought
me his “Letter to Santa”. I looked it over and at first I was very touched by his thoughtful wish for his sister to have a service dog. And then, I was heart broken because that was one gift I knew “Santa” could not bring him. (We even got a letter back from Santa that said “he hoped someday Kate would get her dog!). It took me straight back to dinner with my in laws the night after Boo Bash (which was not as successful as we had hoped – although a wonderful event no doubt). My mother in law asked me what I would like from her for Christmas. I usually would tell her something like a sweat suit or a red sweater. This year, I looked at her and held back tears and said, I just want a dog for my kid.
The past few weeks I have just been really down by the thought that I did not have it in my power to heal my kids, nor protect them the way I thought would be best. We had worked so hard for months and yet we had so much further to go. I kept wondering if maybe it just wasn’t meant to be. I had watched all along and had been amazed by how God has orchestrated everything so far and yet I doubted. I have held back on writing many thank you notes and Christmas cards — waiting for a bit of really good news.
Tonight, we received our really good news. There is a Santa … an awesome God that cares about the heartfelt wishes of a little boy. We had a wonderful local foundation contact us about a possible donation before Boo Bash. They called tonight and they had received a check for A K9 for Kate from a partner organization. Our dog is paid for. Nick’s Christmas wish has been answered! We still need to raise a little over $2,000 but, we know we can do it!
Thank you all for helping Kate and helping play Santa for a very sweet big brother! Blessings to you and your family this Christmas! Ann
