A Christmas Miracle

on Almond Avenue for 2009

I asked God for a

miracle at our house

for Christmas this year.

It has been four long years

since William was taken

from us...We have not

been able to celebrate

the season at all because

it has been too painful

and filled with tears.

But I knew how much

Will and Charlotte

loved Christmas with all

the prepartions, decorating,

special holiday baking

(I think that was

Will's favorite part)

Remembering the year

we made

pajama pants

for everyone

with flannel prints

according

to their personalities...

we have had so much fun

throughout the years.

There have been so many

beautiful memories to

cherish forever.

I know you would

want us to learn to make

new memories,
Sweet William
I know that

you would not want

 us to be silently
weeping all alone.

So I prayed that God
would help us bring
Christmas back

to our little home.

He did help me...

We made it...

Even though I was too sick

 to even get out of bed

on Christmas Morning...

It was all there for

Dad, For Charlotte and Josh.

Dad had taken us up

towards Tahoe

and we all picked

out a tree...our first

one since your accident.

It was hard to even
look at the tree 
the first few days.

Dad and Charlotte
decorated it
I helped some too.

Dad turned on the lights

and it was so beautiful.

I placed your special

ornament right in front

towards the top and

Dad put your santa hat

from this picture on the

top of the tree instead

the angel or a star.

There were presents

to be opened once more

on Christmas morning

and funky stockings

stuffed to the brim...

Christmas came to

Almond Avenue

this year...

But missing our

Sweet William...

our little brown boy

made Christmas seem

so very far away.

I didn't get to see

the family open their gifts,

I was too sick in bed

by then...but

Christmas did come

to Almond Avenue this year

Ask God to help us

get up again in 2010

and not just survive,

but thrive...

just as you would

do if you were here

with us - always

living life to the fullest!

Anything to be Extreme!

We love and miss you

so very much...

Sweet William

You are:

Forever 19

Forever Young

Forever with Jesus

AND

Forever

In Our Hearts

XOXO to Heaven