We celebrated Christmas a little early this year with Michael's side of the family for two reasons… we knew with Jill's chemo cycle, she likely wouldn't be feeling well during the actual Christmas and the Harden family would be in Hawaii visiting Bradley during Christmas. We had a lovely time at Hilda and Russell's home, playing games, singing Christmas carols, eating lasagna, and enjoying all of great-grandma's treats. Afterwards, we headed back to Grandma and Pops' home and opened up stockings and gifts. As usual, our kiddos were spoiled with love and presents! Michael gave his mom a special present, which was a necklace that he designed and had made for her. The setting was the shape of a cancer ribbon upside down and it held two stones: a small pink stone representing the breast cancer, and a larger purple stone representing the survivor that she is! It was important to Michael that the purple stone was bigger than the pink stone, representing that Jill being a survivor is bigger, or overcoming, to the breast cancer. We are so proud of her and the battle she's overcome this year. She has completed all four rounds of chemo and has handled every challenge and hardship with grace and a positive attitude. We're very proud of her and so thankful for her courage to fight this battle!
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