Writer's Workshop: I Don't Know What To Say

This is a true post written as part of Mama Kat's writer's workshop.
1.) Write about a time a friend left you speechless.
  


I heard it ringing as I frantically searched through my desk drawers and then purse to grab it before it stopped. I knew it was him. Time seemed to stand still, and I couldn't move quickly enough fumbling and fidgeting with every lock and zipper.

"I'm gonna miss it! Wait! Wait" My heart was beating so hard I could hardly swallow, and before I even grabbed that darn powder-blue phone there were tears burning my eyes. Everyone in my office was standing up listening to me curse and fumble and choke down tears as I tried to get to my phone...watching me struggle to maintain some kind of composure while my hands shook, my face turned red, and my breath was tight in my chest.

It had been 15 months. 15...long...scary...with-very-little-contact...months. And all I wanted to do was to find that stupid phone and hear his calming voice. Who else could possibly be calling? I work all day...nobody calls me. It had to be him.

Ring! Riiiiinnnng!  Rrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggg!!

"Hello!" I practically shouted as I finally, finally put the phone up to my ear.

And there it was. The sweetest sound my ears have ever heard. "Honey. We're in the US." And that was it. I crumpled to the floor at my desk and cried sweet tears of relief, silently listening to my husband breathe American air for the first time in 15 months. Unable to speak anymore. Unable to comprehend what was to come. Unable to put my love, my prayers, my hopes, my fears....my relief into words.

He said "hello".......and the silence has never been so sweet. He said "hello".....and we cried quietly together listening to the others breath.