Turn That Frown Upside Down

  Its been no secret that ever since Wednesday night that I've been a bit down in the dumps.  A gentlemen backed up into my drivers side door while I was at dinner with my family the day before Thanksgiving. The accident broke my car door so that it not only has this unsightly dent in it but also has prevented me from opening my door at all. I had to crawl through the passenger side door just to get into the drivers seat. Since this all happened the evening before a holiday and a weekend the insurance company had no claim adjusters available to assist and start my claim. It was obvious that I would be crawling in and out of the car for a while. Needless to say this put me in a pretty grumpy mood. My friends and family did the best they could to pull me out of this horrible funk that I was in but every time I had to crawl in or out of my car I would just get upset all over again. I ended up staying in all weekend just to avoid the embarrassing crawl in and out of the car when I was in public.  I had managed to make myself feel like a less than adequate person because of the whole thing.  Its amazing how one small event can cause so much grief.  Monday morning came and off to work I went. Still in a grumpy mood. I realized that it was useless to get upset about something that I had no control over however I was angry anyway. I made a call in the afternoon and argued back and forth as to who was responsible for the accident. I won't even get into the details of what I went through with the insurance and what I am still fighting with them about. Regardless my mood didnt' seemed much improved. That was until I received a beautiful display of roses with an adorable white and pink teddy bear and two boxes of chocolates. That frown I had been sporting for nearly a week had just turned up side down. My co-worker sat the gifts down on my desk and my face lit up. Two of my other co-workers instantly gathered around to see what I had gotten. As I looked through the cards that were attached they read simply "Have a good Monday".  My eyes starting welling up with tears as did my co-workers. The sweet gesture had not only made my day but my week. Someone cared.

I instantly felt better and was grinning from ear to ear. Someone knew that I had been upset and wanted to cheer me up.  The gesture spoke volumes. My sweet gifts were given to me by none other than Brady. What an incredibly sweet and thoughtful thing for him to do. He is such an amazing guy and I am SO grateful to have him in my life. Thank you Brady for the beautiful and thoughtful gifts. XOXOXOXO. :)