Dawn McCoy Instagram – Merry Christmas to all!!🎄
This year, newly aged 5-year-old Waylon seems more aware of the spirit of Christmas and Santa.🎅🏼
I remember after our first Christmas morning – spent alone, Waylon & me, in Los Angeles in 2020 after the trauma – I called @heychrisrichards crying in a ball on the floor while Waylon napped after we had “opened gifts.”
“He can’t open the presents, Chris.
He can’t touch the presents.
He can’t feel the presents.
He can’t even SEE the presents.
This is not the Christmas I imagined for my son.
Does he even know what Christmas is?”
Chris said something that day that is always with me every Christmas – no matter what life brings our way:
“Waylon knows it’s Christmas because of your Christmas spirit. You make it so special for him with the music and the tastes and the dancing and the snuggles that he can FEEL Christmas without seeing a thing, Dawn. He knows it’s Christmas because of how you feel – and how you make him feel.”
That. That’s what I needed to hear to…
Keep the traditions going…
Keep celebrating…
Keep trying…
All for my son.
Sure, it takes a little imagination and belief in magic.
But…
Isn’t that really what Christmas is all about?
From the very beginning, it’s been about believing in the unseen and having faith in the seemingly impossible.
Christmas forever.
Love, The McCoys & Loving Way Foundation ❤️🫶 | Posted on 25/Dec/2024 22:21:02
