As I prepare for Thanksgiving it seems as if my mind and heart can’t seem to find a place to land. One minute I am thinking about our days spent at Children’s during Thanksgiving. Waiting biopsy and MRI results or receiving treatment. The next minute I am thinking about the Thanksgivings we had at home with Trevor and he felt well. Well enough to be in the kitchen cooking with me, (one of his many happy places) or he felt well enough to host a big toy drive for Children’s. The past few days my heart has wavered between memories of caring for his sick body to hearing his precious voice at home as we enjoy the holidays together.

Today, the day before Thanksgiving I found a place to land. The Lord reminded me of a verse he gave me while we were inpatient. We had just received MRI results. Results that a newly diagnosed bacteria infection that was in his lungs had not spread to his brain. I remember falling to my knees in that dark hospital room praising the Lord for the good report that was a blessing from him. Today I am praising the Lord for all of the goodness he has given us this year. That is where I want to land.

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him; bless his name!”

Psalms 100:4 

I hope you will recount these blessings with me, I am thankful for:

• Trevor’s heart that has fueled our foundation
• Trevor’s story that I can share to encourage others
• Donors that have given so we can bless others
• The Be Brave Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation that has allowed us to provided financial assistance to families, chemo to patients, meals and gas cards to parents who are low on resources, hospital meal cards to families with emergency admissions, and seasonal bags to lift the spirits of kids who are inpatient
• New families to love on during their cancer journey
• Churches & schools that support us
• Foundation Board Members who give so much of themselves
• Friends who have blessed us with a beautiful website that honors Trevor so well
• Friends who have blessed us with perfectly designed foundation stickers
• Friends who have blessed us with amazing foundation shirts
• Opportunities to love on other oncology patients in the playroom at Children's on a regular basis
• A recent grant that allowed us to provide finical assistance to another oncology family in Hunt County
• A successful Family Fun Day that was a great start to many more fundraisers
• Thankful for a brave warrior who is now in remission
• Relationships with old & new Dr.s & Social Workers that know how to connect us with families that we can help during their cancer journey
• Thankful for new friendships developed while serving together or assembling Be Brave Bags
• Thankful for other foundations that we can serve alongside with

Thanksgiving will never be the same but I will always enter His courts with thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Trevor Wade Daniel Foundation