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The Long Drive Home |
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For the ride home, I asked Valerie if she minded if I cranked the music loud to keep me awake. I wound up finding an old cheezy audiotape that had some 80's songs on it, and like any two good girks do, we sang, acting crazy the whole way home!!! We arrived home about 12:30 on Wednesday nite. I needed to be up at 6:00 to get up for work. UGH! Now the first thing I did after I got all our stuff in the house before turning to bed, was peek in on my little princess. I must say that with all of the excitement I had been through, and the lack of sleep, I was extremely emotional. I opened my daughter's bedroom door, and crawled next to her in bed, and just looked at her precious sleeping face. There is NOTHING in the world that can top that look for me. One look at her, and reality hit me in the face, and I realized I had my own piece of heaven right here at home. I then crawled into bed and cuddled up to my husband, and thought "Life is good" |
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Back to the Grind |
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So I make a crude attempt at rising the next morning, rush to get to work, walk in about 10 minutes late to find a health van full of patients waiting (Mind you, this has NEVER happened before). I am in no state of mind to even want to see patients. The first patient steps back into my room, and as I am drawing his blood, we start talking about the holidays. Out of NOWHERE, this man starts talking about this organization last year that gave his 4 children gifts, while he was incarcerated. The group was called "AngelTree" I Honest to God looked up at his face and started to cry. Tears just streamed down my face. After all I had been through this week, for this man to bring it all together for me was overwhelming. It hit me how much FOVI meant to me. How wonderful the organization is, and that it took a great man to bring it together. I will always remember Vincent for if nothing else, his compassion, and his willingness to help those in need. After we finished seeing all of our patients for the time, I started to talk to some of my coworkers and outreach workers, many of whom were either ex-heroin addicts or had been incarcerated, and I was overjoyed to find out so many of them had been touched by this group also. It really opened my heart and makes me believe that there are angels that truly guide our life.
On arrival home, I had to tell Val the above story. As I spoke to her I looked through my mail, and thought "I will never get away from this man" because there was my Habitat World Newsletter (which I have been a member of since college). I kinda laughed and showed Val. THEN, to my surprise, was an envelope with the return address of 320 W. 66th Street, NY NY. I started shreiking and knew what it was. It was my 2 tickets to see THE VIew which I had put in for way back in September. So LOOK OUT Big Apple, cause I am coming back on December 19th. |
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Our Final Thoughts |
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Once again, I cannot thank FOVI and Sunny, Leslie, Colleen, and all those who were responsible for the auction, and went out of their way to arrange this trip for Valerie and myself. It truly was a once in a lifetime experience. If you EVER have the opportunity, take it. Go, Relax, and Enjoy it, cause what is the likelihood of it happening again. If you have read this far, you may think I have went overboard on my details, but to experience AMC upfront, close and personal is an experience worth remembering. AND Vincent, who is so kind, compassionate, and giving made Valerie and I feel at ease at once. He truly makes you feel like he is an old friend. He is intelligent, passionate, and appears to be truly a man dedicated to his family first.
THANK YOU ALL for an experience for a lifetime! |
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