Boudle Call

I know many are anxiously awaiting an update on Josh. I apologize for taking so long to follow up. I spent most of my week on the phone with my family and Kevin spent most of his on his computer (the one I use to update my blog) buried in work. I am so happy to report that Josh is doing very well. He was discharged from the hospital on late in the day on Tuesday. Josh’s amazing friend, Kevin, opened his home to my family so they stayed with him both Tuesday and Wednesday night before driving to Tennessee on Thursday. Josh did great in the car, thanks in part to the (very little) pain medication that he was prescribed. Although he is still suffering from headaches and back pains, he is slowly recovering. We are all so relieved knowing that he is in good hands. If you’ve ever had a home cooked meal compliments of my parents, you can understand why we’re all sure they will succeed in putting the meat back on his bones. We don’t know how long it’ll take to nurse him back to 100%, nor do we know where he’ll go from here. What we do know is that we are stronger as a family than I can ever remember us being. Nothing will ever be the same, but I can’t say that is a bad thing. The more we learn, the more we realize just how blessed we are and just how many miracles took place to get us to where we are right now. I’ve cried more in the last week than I have in the past several years. Some are tears of pain, and some tears of joy. I’ve learned a lot of lessons as well. I know that many of you have loved ones that live afar. Don’t let more than a day or two go by without communication – even if it’s as simple as a text message. Let what happened to my family be a lesson to yours. How many times have you said to yourself “I’ll call tomorrow” or “I’m too busy to call back”? Make a pact with your loved ones. Don’t let more than two or three days go by without communication. I’ve had so many people approach me asking “how could you not know that he was missing for five days”. My response is “when is the last time you talked to your mother/father/brother/sister”? That’s when it hits home. We all assumed that someone else had been in touch with Josh. We all realized we shouldn’t assume at the same time, when it was too late. As crazy as this situation is, it could’ve happened to anyone. Truly. What I can hope is that people learn from it and that no one ever has to experience what we did in going through it. I thank God every day that we were one of the lucky ones and got the fairytale ending. To explain my headline: Kevin dubbed my calls to my parents for Josh updates "Boudle Calls". I call several times a day, wishing I were there to get the live updates. It's often a "quickie"...just a "is he okay" with a 5 minute update followed by another call with much of the same dialogue two hours later. My husband, the comedian, who lent me a laugh even in the hardest of days.