Happy Tears

Andrew here with a sincere shout out to the Prudential Laney Real Estate Crew...

Darn if you didn't make us cry...

We were keeping our emotions together pretty well, considering what has been happening. Everyone going through crisis knows how you do it. You get so sleep deprived and otherwise busy “managing the situation”, that you turn off your emotions a bit.  Even when they finally brought Oliver back from the OR, things were so chaotic we didn't sigh or weep.  We were still holding our breath.

Then Oliver opened his eyes...Then he said some small words...He is still in there...Our boy is still there.  We smiled at each other and said a prayer of thanksgiving, but we had a long night ahead of us yet. So we still held our breath.

This morning we realize it wasn't a dream.  He really is still with us!  We feed him some apple sauce and give him his meds with no problems. We begin to breathe, begin to sigh. Steph jumps on the computer to update her now world-wide readership...

I am lying in the crib with Oliver asleep in my arms, when Steph walks over with the Macbook and says, “You have got to see this.”

She shows me this picture.  Now, if you didn't work with me at Prudential, you wouldn't know that I have not been the most “present” agent in the office over the past months.  I have been operating from home, from Boston, from wherever...

The folks at Prudential have been so good to me. Constant emails, thoughtful gifts, cards, etc. Sweet hugs and eyes full of tears. It really is a special group of wonderful people.  It is so much more than I deserve, and I am humbled.

When we really look at the picture (taken during the weekly Tuesday morning sales meeting), we search the faces...We read the wonderful banner. These folks have been with us the whole way.  It touches us in a way that is hard to describe.  We both share a warm feeling that is, quite honestly, otherworldly.

This is the moment we let it go, and cry a happy cry.

Thank you Prudential, for being there for me.  For being there for Steph.  For being there for Oliver.