It's good to have Brad home!

April here. Tonight is my dad's birthday. We had mom and dad over for dinner and since Brad is home we wanted Bob and him to come over as well. It was so wonderful to have them here. It was how we always celebrate events...with family. I must admit I was like a little kid waiting for Bob and Brad to pull into the driveway...it was the first time I've seen him since he was released! The emotions I had when I saw him get out of the car poured out of me like a water hose. All I could do was grab hold of him, tell him I love him, and say how good it felt to hold him in my arms. Just thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes. It's all so surreal even still. I mean, come on, how can he really be here, talking, laughing, remembering? We all talked about how he's feeling. He said he feels a "little off". He HATES have his skull embeded in his stomach. It's such a wierd feeling for him. He can't hear out of his right ear. He won't be able to drive of work for quite some time and he's worried about getting bored and being unproductive. But we all sat there, laughing, smiling, happy, telling him how thankful we are to even have him here at all.

Wow.....Thanksgiving this year will have the most important meaning ever.