The best Christmas present imaginable:

At Christmas, on the ABC news website, I noticed a human interest story which brought tears to my eyes.
The story was about a 37 year old man who had received a triple transplant - heart, lungs, liver - to deal with his cystic fibrosis.  It told of his wife and child and the effect the transplant has had on his family, of his remarkable recovery, with only 2 weeks spent in post-operative hospital recovery.  A nice story so far.  Then the name.

The man was Josh Leveridge.
Josh and his family used to live next door to us in Condong, NSW, 33 years ago.  Our kids used to go over regularly to play with Josh and his brother Sam, who also had CF.  We babysat him several times.

Our daughter, Leah, contacted Josh via Facebook, and found out that his little brother is going well and also has a family.  Leah spoke for all of us when she declared that the news was the best Christmas present any of us could imagine.

Best wishes to Josh and Sam and their families and parents.  God bless you all.