Raliced - Climbing Without a Rope

[Shakspr]

raliced, this too shall pass. Your daughters are working through their grief in their own way. I know it's hard - try to think of it the same way a parent does when he or she first starts daycare and the kiddoes turn on the waterworks. Or the child goes to summer camp for the first time. It's a transition, and this is how they process the emotion. Love them, indulge them a little (but just a little!) Then keep working to make the best life possible. You are the lighthouse, an island in the storm.

Here's an old joke, often cited as a true story, but it's really an urban legend:

ACTUAL transcript of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. This radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on 10-10-95.

Americans: "Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision."

Canadians: "Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision."

Americans: "This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course."

Canadians: "No, I say again, you divert YOUR course."

Americans: "THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH. THAT'S ONE-FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP."

Canadians: "This is a lighthouse. Your call."

I, for one, choose to be the lighthouse.