It was a great day with a lot of surprises and ended with a night of memories. Cody had his math tutor today After 3 weeks of no tutoring he did pretty well. Then we were sitting here around 1 and he got an email back from his favorite hockey player, Richard Park. Cody was so happy but pleasantly surprised when Richard asked if we were coming to the game tonight. He said he has something from his family for Cody. Well, he was scheduled to do his first african drum lesson at 7. Again that took 3 weeks for us to get and for him to feel well enough to do. So being the good mom that I am, and we all know I do not like to ask for things, I called our Islander connection to see if there was a possiblity of us going to the game tonight. It was another Islander/Ranger game too. In about 15 minutes, we had our two tickets and the VIP parking. Cody was so excited. He was able to get his drum lesson at 3.
A package came in the mail today that was from my dad and stepmom and from Cody. Cody is like me and could not wait so I opened it. Cody made some arrangements and actually chipped in with some of his own cash for it It is a beautiful silver charm bracelet. On it is a very special charm. It is a heart and on one side is a gold star with my name. This side is from my dad and stepmom. On some of those really tough days this past year where I have worked my magic, I have joked with my dad and said "I get a gold star for today". So he got me a gold start. The other side is Cody's and it says #1 MOM! Need I say more?
So we have the drum lesson and the guy is cool and Cody enjoyed every minute of it with the teacher saying that he learns fast. We run home and change into our Islander gear and are off.
We get to the coliseum and get our VIP valet parking. Ann, oneof our connection people meets us at the gate and takes us to our seats. We end up in one of those 10 seater boxes, red velvet with a waitress and a TV monitor at the seat. It is dead center ice. We are thrilled. We watch the game, not so thrilling with the Islanders losing and wait for Ann to come get us.
We go back downstairs and wait for Richard. A few players come out and Josh Bailey comes to say hi to Cody. Sweet guy. Then Richard comes out with a stick, one of his jerseys-signed "To my buddy, my hero", a bag with two presents all wrapped. He comes and hugs Cody and then me. He is this soft spoken special guy. We stand and talk and it is like we are best friends. Cody is smiling from ear to ear. We learned he lives near us in Woodbury with his wife (damn!) and two kids. Such a warm, compassionate guy, I tell you!!! He then takes Cody to the locker room for a tour and shows him the opposing teams locker room too. He walks us up to the car. Can I tell you that Cody was beaming all the way home?? He opened the presents in the car to find two really nice Islanders sweatshirts and a hat. He is just glowing. We will see Richard again and he said he cannot wait to meet Casey and Nicole. Cody wants to get him something so shoot me any ideas. I am clueless here. We are so lucky and I am so happy for Cody!!
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