A Thankful Thanksgiving

Its been a little while since we've written but nothing too new in our lives the past week or so. Jed was discharged from home care therapy two weeks ago and will start outpatient rehab at Health South next Tuesday. We wish he could've started sooner without having such a big break, but Jed has made the most of it and goes to the gym everyday and does his own workouts. Good thing he's so self-motivated! He's still seeing a little progress with his arm all the time, but still has a ways to go. As far as mentally goes- he's pretty close. We live in Sandy and I think he's in Draper :) ha ha.

This Thanksgiving is definitely going to be the most different one we've ever had. When you see how precious your family is and all the blessings you have by learning the hard way, you become truly grateful for even the little things. Every thing, every day, every breathe is a gift from our Heavenly Father. Jed and I are forever changed and will never forget what the Lord has done for us, especially during this time. We have seen so many miracles, tender mercies, and blessings that we know are from Him and are not a coincidence. We have seen His hands in all things and can't even describe the love we have felt. Our Savior lives. He is aware of all of our pains and sorrows and will never, never leave you. If someone would've told me my husband was going to have a brain tumor and have to have surgery, I would have told you that there's no way I could survive that. But that's not putting the Savior in the picture, that you can't really know, until you're going through it. He can ease your pain, and make your burden light. Sometimes I still can't believe that this has all really happened because of the peace we have felt, not to say it hasn't been the hardest thing we have ever been through. We are grateful to our Heavenly Father for giving us this opportunity to grow closer to Him and for being changed for good. I know that our trials are not over, we still have our road to recovery ahead of us but we know that we can get through it because of our Redeemer, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who bled from every pore and suffered so much that He, even God, trembled because of pain so that He could know what we are going through and be there for us, carry us, if needs be through our pains and afflictions.

I'm sorry this post is so long, but we also are so thankful for family and friends. We cannot express how sincerely touched we are from all the prayers that have been petitioned in our behalf and they truly are being answered- we feel them. Thank you for the words of encouragement, comfort, and kindness. We feel forever indebted to all those that have shown so much support to us during this time. We read every message and every card and will never forget those that have extended their love to us. We are also so grateful to Jed's amazing coworkers at the Bureau. They have been so supportive. Jed has been given enough PTO to get through his recovery and we can't believe how blessed we are. We will pay it forward one day when we are able to we promise!

And last but not least, we want to express our deepest gratitude to the person(s), who remain anonymous that donated the significant amount of money to us. It will help us out so much and be able to cover Jed's rehab bills that we weren't planning on before the surgery. I hope you are reading this and know that you are a true example of charity. I wish I could let you know how much it means to us, not just the amount, but the amazing kindness that was shown. "In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." I know you will be so blessed. We love you and pray for you.

God bless you all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving, we have so much to be grateful for!
-Missy