The greatest part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.


-Martha Washington

Friday, July 9, 2010

When Life gives you....

RAIN

 I would say that when life gives you rain go out and dance in it.



But sometimes if life gives you a flood, you have to play badminton.

This 4th of July proved this statement to be true.
The day was about to go down the tubes, but we made it work and had a great time too.

A couple of weeks ago my friend asked me "How do you do it? How do you keep going now that you know what you know and all you have to do?" Mind you, we were enjoying beverages and the campfire, I know the first question to be exact. I may be guessing on the 2nd, but the meaning is the same.
Without hesitation I told him, "This is the life I have, I do it because I choose to make it work".
(again, beverages, campfire)
I know the first sentence to my response is correct, the second sentence..well you get the meaning.

The fact is that my son is in prison. The fact is that I will always make sure there is someone to visit him every weekend. I will race home from work because if he is going to call it will be shortly after 5:00. I will ask the same questions every phone call and have the same discussions every visit. I do this because I choose to do it. My children are everything and I will always do what I need to do for them.

So when instead of the sunshine you get the rain...


Play badminton!

Net




4 comments:

  1. Clearly your best piece yet! I can already see the healing in your writing. Thanks for sharing! I love it...."This is the life I have....." This is great stuff! Keep it up!

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  2. I love you, Janette!!! ♥

    Beautiful!!!! Just beautiful!!!

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