The end of summer was filled with one of the greatest ups and also one of our greatest sadness as a family. And they both happened all in the same day.
My husband and I have been talking about moving for some time but had not really taking any action in that direction. At the end of July, I had thought if I wanted to move sooner rather than later, I would want to do it before the school year began. So, I started looking up properties. I found a few I really liked so I made the appointments for the first 4 people who called me back. Since my hubby works most of time, I made them all on one day.
We all went to go see the houses and low and behold, we found one we really liked. So we sent in the proper paperwork and waited.
The following Tuesday, my husband received a phone call. As he walked in the door of our apartment, I knew the news wasn’t good. As he hung up the phone, I inquired, “What was that about?”. He answered, “There has been a death in my family.” As we were dealing with the grief of losing this wonderful person from our lives, the phone rang again.
I wasn’t really in the mood to answer it but I realized it was the realtor we spoke to about the house. As I picked up the phone, she excitedly said, “Congratulations you got the house!”
I felt bad because she probably thought I was a weirdo because I just couldn’t be excited about it at the time. I just politely said, “Thank you for letting us know. This is good news” and hung up the phone.
As we heal from the family loss and begin our lives in our new home, we are reminded of the blessings in our lives. In fact, the other was just one of those days where things were just bugging me. I must have been mumbling something out loud about how I wish I could get rid of what was bugging me because my daughter replied, “Mom, you seem aggravated at something. What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know. Things are just bugging me today.” I replied. I sat there for a minute and then added, “What do you think I could do to help things from not bugging me today?”
She replied, “You know Mom, when kids are mean to me or say something that is not nice, I just say, “So?” and it defuses them and me from getting angry.
Yes, wisdom from the mouth of babes. She isn’t really a babe anymore but she is my baby. She was right. I tried it out that day because it seemed that my anger was getting the best of me and when I just said, “So?” things didn’t bother me so bad. By saying the word, So? it allowed me to step back and focus on the resolution instead of the problem.
And again realize and reflect on the true blessings in my life. I was just having a bad day and it does happen to each of us. It is a part of life. Once I started thinking about my blessings, the things that were bugging me, didn’t seem so important anymore.
Also, I am planning on making some new updates to Key Business Partners this month, focusing on helping fellow writers and authors with their books. Do stay tuned.
I wish you all a great September!
