Came across this passage while reading a Stephen King book the boys got me for Christmas. I suppose it doesn't fit perfectly with the current state of your situation Frank, but it rang so true to me.
A Dad and his daughter. Talking to each other, about a year after the Mom divorced the Dad.
Life does not have to end.
Quote:
“Daddy, was marrying Mom a mistake you made? That she made? Or was it just an accident?”
“It wasn’t an accident and it wasn’t a mistake. Twenty-four good years, two fine daughters, and we’re still talking. It wasn’t a mistake Illy.”
“You wouldn’t change it?”
People kept asking me that question. “No.”
“If you could go back…would you?”
I paused, but not long. Sometimes there’s no time to decide what’s the best answer. Sometimes you can only give the true answer. “No, honey.”
“Okay. But I miss you, Dad.”
“I miss you, too.”
“Sometimes I miss the old times, too. When things were less complicated.” She paused. I could have spoken – wanted to – but kept silent. Sometimes silence is best. “Dad, do people ever deserve second chances?”
I thought of my own second chance. How I had survived an accident that should have killed me. And I was doing more than just hanging out, it seemed. I felt a rush of gratitude. “All the time.”
(from Duma Key, by Stephen King)
Blessings,
Bill
"Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon."
