Golden Box Book Publishing GBBPub February Magazine | Page 35
I was up like clockwork at 6:00 a.m. and so was Eli. Eli was tired,
but he just really needed me all night long so we went back and forth
between his bed and my chair bed. I did what I could to comfort Eli.
Morning labs were 32 Segs, no Bands, and WBC 0.9 to make ANC
288. Eli just did not feel like playing today so we watched the
Superman movie three times in a row. I wrote Matt a long letter voicing
how I felt our relationship had grown and how I thought of him. At the
end I wrote, “I love you.” Then I dropped “The Letter” off in the
mailbox at the nurses’ station. My mother had not scared Matt off and
for that I was thankful. Matt had been my rock. Most men would have
been run off by now yet Matt was stronger than my mother.
Tonight, I did not remember falling asleep and yet my head floated
lightly in a really good way.
Two days later, Eli’s phone rang at 5 p.m. and it was Matt. I was
nervous when I picked up the phone. I heard his voice and KNEW he
had just read the letter I sent declaring my love for him. Matt told me
he LOVED me, too! We spoke for over an hour as Eli slept. We spoke
about us, Noah, and of all I had read on Eli today. Matt was strong and
comforting.