"Thank you" seems so small

As we prepare for C-Monkey's surgery tomorrow, I knew I had to take this time as we are riding down the road to express some serious gratitude. We knew people cared for C and for us, but never to the extent we have realized over the past few days.

J & I have always been the types to decline any sort of help. It's just who we are. We've always been of the mind-set that someone out there needs it more. So when friends, co-workers, acquaintances, etc asked us to let them know what we needed or how they could help, we always say, "thank you, but we have it all under control." It has only been recently that we have realized people are not doing this out of pity, but they WANT to help! They want to take a load off of us. We are going through life changing, heavy stuff here. No one can tackle that for us, so they want to do SOMETHING to ease the burden. We have had to drop pride to the side, & just be thankful that we so many people cheering on, praying for, and supporting our family!

Over the past week, people have sent cards, added us to prayer lists at church, given us money & gas cards, started meal lists for once we get home, brought us food, given us hugs, and checked in non-stop to see what they can help with. For all of this we are humbled and blown away. "Thank you" just seems so small. Not nearly appreciative enough. Just know that EVERY gesture is appreciated, and we can never, ever thank you all enough! Our cups truly runneth over.