I Needed That

I was fried. My eyes were burning. My head and neck hurt. When Chris asked me if I wanted to watch TV, I almost said, "Not during the life of the policy." But caught myself.

I was studying for a 2.5 hour licensing exam for my account managing position at a brokerage firm. I was finished. The color highlighter yellow was laser-beamed into my eyeballs.

I hear a buzzing. Kind of like an electric toothbrush. I'm sitting there wondering about all the possibilities that it could be. It hits the wall. Well that's not good.

I get up, slightly annoyed that my studying is interrupted. I walk to the doorway of our bedroom and I see my husband flying a toy helicopter around our room. I found the buzzing.

I laughed to myself, I mean just an immediate smile. It was like this was the Christmas toy he never asked for but always wanted. His joy gave my joy.

And I needed that.