Another Silver Lining
April 9, 2009
Ever since the divorce, the kids and I have taken to finding silver linings in our situations. I wrote about it in an earlier post, but basically it’s things like “now we can buy the non-chunky spaghetti sauce we like but never got because X liked the chunky” and silly things like that. We have found a lot of silver linings in the past two years.
I just thought of another one. My daughter is 15 and is suffering from her second herniated disc. We are trying a new therapy, but it requires driving an hour away several times a week. She has her temporary driver’s permit now, so we share the driving. Yes, the time is significant. Yes, gas is expensive. Yes, the wear and tear isn’t doing a lot of good on the van that already turned over 198,000…
But the silver lining is a lot of wonderful one-on-one time with my daughter. We have had a lot of great heart-to-heart talks that just seem easier when you’re driving. She’s nearly 16, and her independence will begin with that driver’s license. I am cherishing this time because I think it is a critical time in her life, and I get to impart life lessons that maybe I hadn’t gotten to yet, and share things about me that she may not have discovered otherwise. We get a chance to go out to eat together and laugh…it’s not just a silver lining, it’s a whole beautiful rainbow after the storm, too!
April 9, 2009 at 10:17 am
Oh, that is a “Great Silver Lining”.
My youngest daughter, husband and two kids live with us. Silver lining!!!
April 9, 2009 at 10:56 am
What a great silver lining! And the spaghetti sauce is too. I am glad you are having so much special time with your daughter, even though I am sad she is having these physical problems at her tender young age. There’s another saying…when life hands you lemons, make lemonade…God bless.