Home Sweet Home!

Heather is home!!!! It is truly incredible to have her back home again. It is hard to believe that she has not been here since September 30th. I think it was initially weird just to be out of the hospital and out of a hospital bed, but it was fantastic to drive into our driveway and come into the house. She just came into the living room, sat down on the couch, and cried (actually, we all cried). She has had a wonderful day just being at home. It makes a world of difference to all of us to be here together.

Thank you to all who made her homecoming so welcoming by shoveling snow, giving kind and thoughtful gifts, putting up signs and balloons, yelling welcomes from the street, bringing dinner, and just loving and praying for her. I wish I could have recorded all of her reactions throughout the day. It has been wonderful.

I won't be continuing the blog from here; however, Heather wants to write something in the next post. Thank you all for your prayers and support and for your interest in our lives over the past couple of months. It has been therapeutic for me to be able to write down what has gone on. Knowing that others are reading and are interested helped me to feel support through all of this. Thanks. It really has meant a lot. If you would like further updates or want to contact us, you are welcome to call (801-423-0906), visit, or email (Mark: mark_beecher@byu.edu; Heather: hz.beecher@yahoo.com).

I have included a few pictures from today.