January Christmas

Logan practiced his Christmas songs at preschool really, really hard all of December.  And then came the snow.  The weekend before Christmas, we got that mongo-snow here and it cancelled everything including school.  So, in lieu of a pre-holiday program, his preschool decided to hold the event post-holiday, yesterday.  All the kids came, decked out in their most festive attire, and sang their little hearts out.  

Logan never told us what song(s) he was singing, even when we asked.  He once told us "We Will Rock You", with a smirk on his face.  So until we arrived yesterday, we really didn't know what we'd be seeing.  The children sang 8 or 9 songs, complete with hand motions and it was utterly adorable.  Logan was in the front row, with his little argyle sweater on, singing his heart out, ringing his jingle bells and taking it all very, very seriously.  When I think about where we were with Logan just a year ago... with his speech delay, his behavior issues.  How hard he's worked, how hard we've all worked.  To see him on that stage singing and feeling so important....it was completely overwhelming.

It was a stressful morning at our house that morning before we went to school, and I wasn't exactly in a sunshine kind of mood.  But in that moment watching him, so innocent and proud, I felt my heart fill completely up and overflow until my eyes welled over and my nose got itchy.  It was just what I needed... a reminder of a love so deep and unconditional, it can actually take your breath away and make your heart stop beating and float above your body.