Merry Christmas!!! 🎄
Just a quick post before the end of the year, because we all know how quickly the next few weeks goes. Yesterday was a big day for me and not a moment too soon or late. Getting ready for Christmas has been hard for me. I’m in lockdown when it comes to decorating and need help shopping. As in an extra adult to either push me or our cart. Matt is so good to call his family when we need help and they are great to drop their plans and help. (Thank you!!)
It’s hard to need the help. I mean it’s just pushing a cart. Riding around in the stores reminds me how very limited I am this year. I remember last year but I wasn’t a part of gift buying since I was still in the hospital. We were very, very blessed by our church family, friends, and extended families who provide a ton of gifts for our family. It’s hard to know that for the 2nd time in 17 years I will not be able to help wrap gifts. I can barely stay up past 8 most nights, and we have a bad habit of staying up way too late Christmas Eve wrapping. I will miss that this year.
All that negativity is not my reason for writing...other than “Merry Christmas” I had a new thing happen yesterday. I made a kissy noise. That might not seem like much to you yet but wait...every time you kiss your spouse or child or pet, whatever you kiss listen. Everyone makes some kind of noise. How sure am I about that? Very sure! For the last 16 months I’ve not been able to make that noise. The last 11 months it’s been an in my face glaring example of how injured I’ve been. My lips didn’t touch for kisses and I couldn’t suck in. I still am working on drinking from a straw and holding my breath. It’s so exciting to finally see the exercises in my face finally starting to work.
I cannot tell you how many times I started laughing last night over my new achievement. Other people get excited about work out goals and I get excited about kissy noises. The funniest part is that even though I did it about 3 times by myself when I tried to show Matt I couldn’t do it. I was smiling too much. I was finally able to show him 1 time this morning. It’s still something I have to work on. It takes a ton of effort and thinking, but I can do it!!!
That is really what I wanted to share with you! So friends, as you enter into the Christmas frenzy, take time to enjoy the little things. Like kissy noises from those you love!!! 😘❤️🎄
It’s hard to need the help. I mean it’s just pushing a cart. Riding around in the stores reminds me how very limited I am this year. I remember last year but I wasn’t a part of gift buying since I was still in the hospital. We were very, very blessed by our church family, friends, and extended families who provide a ton of gifts for our family. It’s hard to know that for the 2nd time in 17 years I will not be able to help wrap gifts. I can barely stay up past 8 most nights, and we have a bad habit of staying up way too late Christmas Eve wrapping. I will miss that this year.
All that negativity is not my reason for writing...other than “Merry Christmas” I had a new thing happen yesterday. I made a kissy noise. That might not seem like much to you yet but wait...every time you kiss your spouse or child or pet, whatever you kiss listen. Everyone makes some kind of noise. How sure am I about that? Very sure! For the last 16 months I’ve not been able to make that noise. The last 11 months it’s been an in my face glaring example of how injured I’ve been. My lips didn’t touch for kisses and I couldn’t suck in. I still am working on drinking from a straw and holding my breath. It’s so exciting to finally see the exercises in my face finally starting to work.
I cannot tell you how many times I started laughing last night over my new achievement. Other people get excited about work out goals and I get excited about kissy noises. The funniest part is that even though I did it about 3 times by myself when I tried to show Matt I couldn’t do it. I was smiling too much. I was finally able to show him 1 time this morning. It’s still something I have to work on. It takes a ton of effort and thinking, but I can do it!!!
That is really what I wanted to share with you! So friends, as you enter into the Christmas frenzy, take time to enjoy the little things. Like kissy noises from those you love!!! 😘❤️🎄
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