A special Christmas present
About a month ago while still in the hospital, Teresa asked me what I wanted for Christmas. My answer was nothing other than for her to come home for Christmas. As turned out, my prayers were answered; she's been home for nearly two weeks. When we first got her discharge date a couple months ago, Teresa began planning ahead. As you would expect, she had many goals in mind, but her three main goals were to: 1. Get home, 2. Decorate the house for Christmas, 3. Cook for Christmas. As it turned out, she fulfilled just one of those goals. Physically she just isn't ready for the last two. We haven't really decorated (probably my fault) and we are ordering out for Christmas dinner (for Christmas Eve, as Teresa's mother is here but will leave for home on Christmas Day). While decorating and cooking was something that Teresa wanted to do desperately at first, she has realized that this year was just too early for her to be able to do that. I expect that to change bext year, kn