Parker's Promise

I am thankful for warm and cuddly long sleeved shirts. I am thankful for patio tables and umbrellas so that I can eat my lunch outside and enjoy the drizzling rain without making Parker smell my food. I am thankful the outpatient pharmacy stocks cough syrup and throat lozenges with out jacking up the prices. I am thankful for hot soup for lunch. I am thankful for a snuggly baby who will let me hold him as much as I want. I am thankful for a hot bath during his nap. I am thankful for a sweet nurse who's flight was delayed, but instead of calling out from work, she took a red eye hoping Parker would be her patient, knowing he was just one day out of surgery. That meant so much to me. I am thankful for hand sanitizer and face masks so that I can snuggle my little guy. I am thankful for a thoughtful husband who sent me home to sleep in my own bed so that I can get better. I am thankful for a delicious omelet and French toast sticks on a hospital tray so that I could eat breakfast with my husband on his birthday. I am thankful for cell phones and texting when I've lost my voice. I am thankful for sweet kids that give me hugs and kisses before I left this morning. I am thankful for the wonderful gifts that were left on my doorstep and the delightfully sweet Christmas story we read by candlelight last night. I am thankful for patient grandparents that hold down the fort. I am thankful for parents and in laws who have done so much for our family. I am thankful for understanding therapists and nurses. I am thankful for a good book. I am thankful for morphine and IVs. I am thankful for cell phones so that I can feel close to my husband even though we barely get to see each other. I am thankful for a birthday dinner date planned this weekend.  I am thankful I get to snuggle my baby all day long. I am thankful we are going home next week.