That's what they say, right? It seems to be ringing true, at least for me. I am finding that so long as I am busy, being productive, doing things that either make a difference, or will in the future, I am doing well.
We made some tremendous headway this weekend. My best friend had already talked to her bank about setting up a deposit only account in order to have a safe place to save any money we could raise for Wyatt. So we went to the bank, and opened up the account. We also finished Wyatt's flyers (huge thanks to Rachel for that and all her amazing ideas), which turned out wonderfully! I am excited to get those sent off to the printers tomorrow, and be able to start handing them out. They turned out absolutely beautifully! We got a good plan hashed out for the baby shower as well. Which, speaking of the baby shower, I am starting to be excited again. I was feeling a bit down about the shower, worried that it was going to be a sad, somber day, and I am realizing that everyone is able to see the medical side of Wyatt's situation, but they are also able to see that we are still absolutely excited to meet this little man. We are still able to celebrate at the baby shower, and be excited for Wyatt's arrival. I think the shower is going to turn out super cute, and I think it will be a great day! DJ and I also got Austyn's baseball gear for his first ever baseball season, starting next weekend. I am excited to see Austyn give it a go, and make new friends too. I think he is going to have a blast, and since he has loved baseball since he was 2, I really hope he loves it. But, if not, I hope he has a great time anyway, and we will move on to trying out the next activity next season.
Austyn recently got to spend time with just about everyone he loves, which has been awesome. He went to Kansas for 5 days with his grandma, and had a blast, even though he came home covered in chigger bites! Then, he got a nice, relaxing, normal night at home with us, which was followed by a full day with his best friends, my best friend's kids, and a sleepover at their house. Then it was back home with us, over to DJ's parent's house, then to my Dad's house. He had a super full weekend, but loved every minute of it. I love seeing him surrounded with love like that. It just makes me smile.
Today is a good day. Tomorrow might be a bad one, who knows. But knowing that there will be more bad days isn't something I am going to dwell on. I have spent enough time dwelling, enough time being mad, and I need to cherish these wonderful days. I've recently been upset with a select few people who seemed less than supportive of the decisions we've made regarding Wyatt. I think my last post reflected some of the anger I was dealing with. I am happy to say that it seems both of these parties seem to be more supportive now, and seem to be coming to terms with the fact that sometimes life is just hard. Sometimes we get put in a situation we would have never dreamed of, and just have to do our best to get through it. We don't need easy, we just need possible. And that's what we've currently got, so I'll take it.
I seem to have some sort of peace today. I just sat and crocheted the beginning of Wyatt's blanket, and I felt good, knowing that I was creating this blanket that we can have with us at the hospital, for Wyatt to cuddle with, that smells like us, and smells like home. I felt like, in that moment, I was doing what I should be doing. We recently watched that movie "We Bought A Zoo" and afterwards, I said that I felt like I was supposed to do something profound, like buy a zoo and save a bunch of animals. We all agreed that wouldn't be the best idea for me. Haha. But, maybe this is my profound thing. Maybe being Wyatt's mommy was the thing I was meant to do, to make some sort of a difference in this thing we call life. Maybe some part of the universe decided that DJ and I were meant to be the parents to an HLHS child, and to Austyn. Maybe it decided that we were the best equipped to do so, and that we can handle it. I have no idea, but today, I just sort of feel like it is all going to be okay, and while there will be struggles, we are all going to make it. We are going to be the greatest family we could be, with more love for each other than we can even imagine. I hope this is true.
Today a lady told me, "There is hope...it's not a lost cause" and I couldn't agree more.
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