There will always be enough

It just feels right to give Thanks this morning. Jacky and I have always believed we are blessed and that we have much to give Thanks for.
It is 6.39 am Friday 25th November. Jacky is in hospital and Kas was her sleep over mate last night. Thank you Kas.
Since her major surgery 31st July it has felt right that each night she has been in hospital we have a close friend or family member stay overnight with her, and ward 14 have always been accomodating for us in this manner. Yesterday a spare bed was brought into Jackys room which will make a welcome change from the electric blue vinyl lazy boy chair that I have spent so many nights awake in. Thank you Ann and the nursing staff of ward 14, for everything.
Thank you Pen, Rhonda, Chox, Meegan, Janine and Deb for doing the over night vigils whilst we travelled hell in ward 23, and all of the other things that individually and together we could thank you all for. Thank you Jem for your boys, and your Dad, and for the compassion, dedication and love that you threw around us and still do. Thank you Sam. Thanks dear Amber for being a constant light and source of beautiful energy that Jacky has always adored. Thanks Em, Bern and kids for being our favourite town stop over, for just being there Em, for so long now. Thanks Mim for the music and for understanding, or trying really hard to, and for the play dates - whenever we can fit them in. Thank you sister Jan for the love. Thank you Tristin, Matty and Mills for being yummy neighbours and for 'baking' baby Monty, and of course the massage, the healing massage. Thanks Gez for being the big guy that always backs my wife and I, and for co creating two of our shortest and lovliest friends. Thanks Sue and Chris for the chocolate fondue, and the scarves with the softest feel in the world - how they have cradled both Jacky and my necks from winds. Thanks Emmarina for being the most staunch, soft and beautiful woman that you are. Thanks Laura for turning up just when we needed you. Thanks Reuben for always being a rock for Jacky and I no matter what, Jacky adores you, and you and me - well we have an understanding eh? ;) Thanks to all the whanau here and those who are not here physically, but are in spirit -Jacky gets great strength from you all, and so do I. Thank you to Roger and the team at Waikuku School who have proven that you cannot beat a small country school for heart and warmth and who have cradled Pirika and Martha through this journey to date. Thanks to everyone in our community who has baked, cooked and nourished our whanau - the out pouring of love has been incredible, and something we will all never forget. I would want to mention you all and can think of at least a dozen more names right now, but do not want to risk offending anyone by missing them out - you know who you are and so do we, and we deeply and sincerely Thank you for caring for Jacky and for us all. Thank you to everyone who has given to us in so many ways from kai to financially sponsoring Jackys hikoi/journey that we share with her.. we honestly could never Thank you all enough.
On that note - I will sign off. Much to do, get ourselves ready for school and then off to ward 14 as Jacky and I have a meeting with Fiona the Maori Health advocate at 10am today. Big day today, on many levels.
I feel I had better quote Jacky as this is her blog...I'm just a fill in - trying to do her justice...
" There is a Maori proverb that encompasses my passion which is “He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, He tangata, He tangata” – “What are the most important things, tis people, tis people, tis people.” "