one year ago today...

one year ago today, i was with brian and his family at disney world. one year ago today, his sister chelsea was grabbed by disney employees and won the "year of a million dreams" for the day. one year ago today, our family got the joyous experience of staying in cinderella's castle for the night. one year ago today, i was given an even better gift then that. because one year ago today, god spared the life of my daddy so that i could show him the daughter i always wanted to be. he and my mom had gone out to dinner, when in the middle of it he started to not feel so well. dad, being the person that he is didn't want to ruin everyone else meal so he continued to sit there and shuffle his food around till everyone else was done. it was only on the ride home he decided to let my mother in on what was going on. mom and my sister decided they better take him to the ER, just to make sure everything was OK because he really didn't look so good. my dad had had a heart attack. they took him in and gave him an immediate surgery , and that same night he had another even bigger one that would have killed him if he hadn't been in that hospital bed. i was newly pregnant with nataley, and being that we were in disney my mom didn't call me till the next day to let me know what had happened. brian and i rushed home and so that i could be with my daddy....
today has been a whole year of thankfulness. thankfulness to god for spearing my dads life, thankfulness of having more time to show him how much he means to me, and what a big part he has been in my life. thankfulness for my eyes being opened learning just how short life is and to never take things for granted. it's been a whole year of being closer to my parents, to my siblings, to my husband, and to my children.
god gave me a precious gift one year ago today.... and although my dad isn't the same dad as i once knew him. it is still an honor and a blessing to be my daddys baby girl.