I would have liked to kept the relationship I had with my daughter, and my grandchildren. I would have liked to have reconciled with my father before he died.

Life is about loss and change... as much as we wish it were otherwise.

I could have chosen to whine and complain, rail against the gods. I'd have more success putting a dent in a glass of water.

Yes, the choices of what we need to live and what we have to learn to live without are not always easy. They can be downright painful. Putting those choices off can often be even more painful.

Try to stop worrying about things that are outside your power to change. Your daughter is going to do whatever she does. It's her right. Do what you need to do to make yourself the best you you can.

And better she leave than you run away. As long as you are around and making the best of yourself, she will have an opportunity to come back.

Stay positive and you'll be fine.

Janet

Mistress of the Guild of Evil [Strawberry] Blonde Proofreaders

To be or not to be... ask Schrodinger's cat.