12-13-14

I feel like I need to blog today since it's 12-13-14 and it'd be fun for my children's children to see their great grandma was alive on such a cool date :) So, today I was supposed to work but I was able to get the day off and go watch my friend's kid's dance recital. I'd never seen a dance program before and I thought it was absolutely adorable! I hope I can get my 5 year old to dance and perform in front of people. They all did so well. 

I had to leave early because I was meeting my coworkers in Colton to deliver gifts to a kid from our unit. A couple of weeks ago my unit all gathered together and bought presents for an entire family that had been on our unit for a long time. Their little boy had brain cancer and we had all gotten pretty close to him and the family. The family was extremely poor and probably wouldnt have any money for presents. There must have been about 40 presents for the whole family along with cash donations and gift cards. I really wanted to go deliver gifts to them but ended up having to work that day. The little man passed away a couple of days later, so maybe it was for the best that I didn't go. I have to stop myself from getting attached to these kids. I have become such an overly emotional person since working with kids with cancer. I feel like my unit is a whole different world from the rest of the hospital. A lot of good things happen on our unit. Every one wants to donate to these kids because they're fighting the strongest battles. 

So, today I finally participated in the gift giving. To see the look on that little boy's face was absolutely priceless. He had no idea we were coming. We all just showed up with mountains of presents (literally didn't all fit in their small living room) wow what a treat it was that I'm a part of this unit surrounded by people that was so passionate about their job and these kids. 

Here we are walking up to the apartment with the first load of presents. It was such a great experience. Truly brought out the real meaning of Christmas. To be Christlike. To be charitable. 

Later on in the day I took care of Katie's kids since it was moving day for them. We waiting eagerly for Mike to get home from work and went to go see the Christmas lights in Yucaipa

The whole neighborhood gets together and puts Christmas lights up and they all zinc their lights to a radio station and all of their lights and the trees light up to the beat of whatever song is on the radio. What a cool neighborhood! 

We'll I'm off to bed. We can't wait to hear about some offers we have put on some houses. We're getting so anxious. It's starting to feel like we're never gonna get a house. Our fingers are crossed :)