Seeing is believing

You guys. Wow.

Dad's transformation in the last two weeks is, in a word, miraculous. He had already made such vast improvements by the time I left, but so many things were still worrisome: 2nd bout of pneumonia, tubes, still significant sedation, discomfort from tubes, tubes and more tubes.

And now?

The man walks, talks, eats a steady supply of delicious food (prepared and supplied with love from the magical being known as Dixie), and today, he will begin getting his mind and arms around the actual business around the house. He says he's ready and we've made appointments accordingly.

When I first walked in two nights ago, fresh from getting picked up by Asia at the airport, I opened Dixie's front door and the first thing I heard was his voice from the living room. And even though I had recently been getting a daily conversation with him on the phone, to hear his deep, resonant voice fill the room and carry into the foyer... it was an unbelievable sensation. I could have turned around right then, gone back to the airport, headed back to Denver and could almost have been convinced, sitting in my living room back home, that it all had never happened.

He looks so, so good. All of you who see him next will scan his face, wondering how in the world it was possibly burned. Then you'll see his hand, his arm, his shoulders, and you'll see with certainty how far-reaching the scarring is, but you'll still think to yourself how utterly amazing it is for a human body to heal SO MUCH.

I believe.
I believe that Daddies walk the earth.
I believe that angels live among us,
Saving us,
Holding us,
Helping us,
Loving us.
I believe in miracles
And second chances.
And I belive in you,
and you,
and you.

I know so many of you have had trials and tribulations of your very own in this time and I would like you to know that I hold you, just as you have done for me and our family, in my prayers. You deserve the very best outcomes possible, and you shall have them. They may disguised as a problem now, but I know, I believe in my heart and bones, that blessings will follow.