Journey to a New Heart

Now that I have decided to have my own blog about our journey, I feel I want to write another one.  I know I just published one this morning so don't get used to me doing one this frequently.  I love writing and feel I don't have enough time in general but I think it will be cathartic for me to reflect. It is good to reflect on the people that have continued to be in our lives through this journey.  We have an amazing support system here.  I have a job I love that is fulfilling and rewarding with great employees that I can count on. And we have become connected with awesome people we, or rather I, would probably never have met and gotten to know.  I always knew there were people who experienced transplants near us...I admittedly never knew HOW MANY.  We have an incredible hospital very close to us that has a great transplant rate.  I don't know why I never really acknowledged that truly before.  I have become connected and genuinely friends ...

The first gift Eric gave me at our  first Christmas together... Eric and I met in November of 2012.  This glass heart was the first gift he gave me our first Christmas together.  It had an amazing note in a card with it that talked about true love and that we had found it finally together.  I decided to carry the heart with me always. Flash forward to February 12, 2014.  This was the day that we found out Eric would need a heart transplant.  I pulled this heart from the little satchel I carry it in and reflected.  Was this the journey I thought we would be on in our lives together...no.  But this first gift became a sign that we could make it through anything we set our minds to as long as we fought together. I never knew how significant this heart would become years down the road but it is still always with me.  The card is safely tucked away but I take it out and read it whenever I feel I need to.  The heart is always with me whe...