Stepping Back

"Christian" has been doing well.  His ankle has recovered from the last bleed and he is running around being a typical six year old boy.

This afternoon, while at the harvest festival at church, Christian was playing with one of his friends.  As I sat back and watched, I realized how he has adjusted.  He runs as fast as he can with his brace to keep up doing little boy things, but you can really see how his ankle has endured damaged from repeated bleeds.  He has a funny little hop in his gait.  But it sure doesn't stop him.

It still just breaks my heart.

He doesn't know any different, but one day he will.