Santa Clause Is Coming To Town

By Joanna Billigmeier | December 19, 2017 |

Two years ago, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, we went to visit Santa…Our kids had been asking to go, and we were trying to make as many memories with tiny P as we could make, because we weren’t sure how much longer she would be with us.

Tiny P didn’t like new people, but she LOVED Santa. She snuggled right up to him, and laid her head on his chest, and Santa fell in love. He held her for quite a while, long after we were done taking pictures, even though the line of people behind us was very long.

When he asked our kids what they wanted for Christmas, little M said “all we need is a heart for Paisley. That’s the most important thing.” And baby J agreed. And I cried, and so did Santa.

The next day, Sunday, we got the call that there was a heart for our girl.

This year when we visited Santa, he commented on how beautiful our kids were, and how much he loved our youngest. I told him the story of when we saw him two years ago, and how our baby got a new heart the next day. And we both had all the feelings all over again…