Mu, you rock! You are an awesome guy. Kind thoughtful honest loyal loving. You are still working on yourself, and already you are where so many want to end up. Merry Christmas! Enjoy the kiddos.
35 3 boys Not my circus, not my monkeys anymore....
Yesterday was a pleasant day. Nothing happened that I did not expect. My daughter is now in London. This is the first day of ten days traveling then 5 months in Scotland.
I want to say more but don't have anything to say. Be well
Mutatio, I am glad you had a pleasant day. Good luck to your daughter, I know you will miss her. My family who live near you are on their way to visit me as I post this.
I wish you could say more too, I always feel better after reading your posts.
Much love and peace to you, my friend. Have a good day.
I have nothing to add for the car talk, I know very little about them. May be a bit strange that I'm an engineer for a tier 1 automotive supplier but it is what it is. Hope your doing alright mutatio. That's alot of time not to see your D but I'm glad you had some family time with her before she left.
Who knows, maybe you could do a suprise visit to her in a couple months.
Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be
If M goes to London, I volunteer to be his bag keeper!
Mutatio - I remember when my first child went out of the country. That was rough! A different kind of rough. When they're here, although they may rarely be home, it's easy to feel like we could "be there in an instant" if they needed us for some reason.
Now, when my first child went overseas, it was to go fight in a war, so it was a little more complicated. But I finally realized I have no control over fate. If it's "kid's" time to go, then ,so be it. He could have a car accident right in front of my house!
That was an important and necessary lesson for me to learn. The realization the I have ZERO control regarding the safety of my kids led to further realizations about just how little I actually do control! LOL I'm laughing - but it was really a turning moment in my life. My stress dropped, worrying did no good. I was more relaxed, because I wasn't worrying. And so on...
You are far more evolved than I in this area, but I imagine it was hard even for you to send your child so far away, no matter how much she wanted to go. How did the rest of the family do with the change? Is it still feeling a bit awkward?
