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Bodie turned 15 today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 and 1\/2 years of living on hopes, dreams and prayers with a half a heart. And 8 months of living with a beautiful new heart, made possible by the generosity of someone we’ve never even met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gratitude doesn’t even begin to cover it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past year, Bodie’s entire life changed. All of our lives changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in the past eight months, Bodie’s life began in an entirely new way. We have officially landed squarely in teenage boyhood, complete with a deep voice, overnight growth (he’s now 5’8.5″, and Sierra, Bodie and I can all technically share shoes now!), hoodies, crocs, and a gaming addiction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I wouldn’t have it any other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night, we went out to dinner as a family to celebrate, and Sierra gave him the sweetest Build a Bear she had picked out for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, his closest friends came over to celebrate Bodie. And it’s been 5 hours (and counting!) of boys running around playing Hide and Seek, multiple games of Poker and pool, hanging out in the jacuzzi, eating us out of house and home and fangirling over Bodie’s cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(This was a proud mom moment, I’m not gonna lie).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the record, this was the cake:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bodie has been so abundantly blessed by the nicest group of friends. He knows them all from school and youth group. I am constantly bowled over by how kind and genuine these boys are. I don’t know how Bodie got so lucky, but I feel so profoundly grateful that in this one part of his life, he didn’t have to struggle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating…when you have a medically fragile child, you don’t dream big dreams. You don’t let yourself imagine too far ahead in the future. You just can’t. You learn to live in the moment for as long as you get that moment. So each and every birthday truly feels like a gift. And this birthday was no exception. If you had asked me to imagine Bodie’s 15th birthday, I couldn’t have. I didn’t dare to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffice it to say, it was far better than anything I could have dreamed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Birthday, dude. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We love you to the moon and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A million, billion, quadrillion times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15 years down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re just getting started and we can’t wait to see what’s in store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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