This weekend, my sisters, mom, aunt and cousin came to help me paint a wall in my home as we are getting ready to put our house on the market. They all know what a stressor this house-selling thing is for me, and they wanted to alleviate as much of my anxiety as possible in hopes of helping with our upcoming IVF cycle.
I marveled at the love I felt at being so "taken care of" by these phenomenal women who support me implicitly.
Over my 34 years (10 of which have been spent in the counseling profession), I've been exposed to many stories of human adversity and the way it often leads to the scattering of so-called friends.
I never believed it, really. The truth is, I never believed it would happen to me, that is.
Until now, I didn't realize that life's storms are often more than some people can handle. I could have never predicted who would earnestly hang with me and who would run for cover (or jump off the Titanic, as my sister puts it so eloquently).
Perhaps the silver lining of these ship-jumpers is the renewed appreciation in those people in your life who continually cheer you on, who listen and who even let you get by with a bad attitude here and there because of the adversity.
So, if you're reading this, thank you. It undoubtedly means that you are part of the silver lining of another otherwise perilous journey.
I marveled at the love I felt at being so "taken care of" by these phenomenal women who support me implicitly.
Over my 34 years (10 of which have been spent in the counseling profession), I've been exposed to many stories of human adversity and the way it often leads to the scattering of so-called friends.
I never believed it, really. The truth is, I never believed it would happen to me, that is.
Until now, I didn't realize that life's storms are often more than some people can handle. I could have never predicted who would earnestly hang with me and who would run for cover (or jump off the Titanic, as my sister puts it so eloquently).
Perhaps the silver lining of these ship-jumpers is the renewed appreciation in those people in your life who continually cheer you on, who listen and who even let you get by with a bad attitude here and there because of the adversity.
So, if you're reading this, thank you. It undoubtedly means that you are part of the silver lining of another otherwise perilous journey.
2 comments:
Very true. Thanks for the post. Good luck on selling the house!!!
Love you doll. And I promise to never jump ship!
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