First time here

[25yearsmlc]

Friends,
I just have to share this moment with someone. These kinds of moments are the golden nuggets that can be found in the middle of a very dark chapter.
I just spent the lunch and afternoon with my daughter for her birthday. We had such a wonderful time, and after she got home she sent me this text message. I am so blessed to be her mother.
"Mom, I am so incredibly awe-struck by how proud of you I am. You are handling this "box of darkness" that you were given with such grace, dignity, self-awareness, introspection, self-care, self-love. It is really inspiring to watch. I love you." Then she wrote this quote from Mary Oliver- Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.
I think I'm going to add this quote to my signature.

I love this so much^^^....

It is another "moment" you can treasure. And never regret.

I don't want to be all pollyanna about this ordeal, b/c we know it stinks.

AND YET - this is a box of darkness you'd never have gotten without the ordeal & pain.

And you are converting it into an opportunity to model how to handle blows to the heart, setbacks and betrayal - for your daughter. She will face all of those sometime in her life, as we all do. But she will have you as a role model for what to do.

AND it would not have happened without this ordeal.

This^^ counts. This^^ matters.

You are making the best out of an ordeal no one wants to have.

You've taken the words "Pain is the touchstone for spiritual growth" - and implemented them.

Blessings & grace to you.