Family Means Facing Whatever It Is Together

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​This old gal…

Went to help that daughter of hers…hasn’t been feeling well…had medical tests lined up…needed a driver…needed her mother…

Car ready to go…just been to the shop…oil changed…some valve replaced…cost a pretty penny…but was worth it to feel safe on the road…toodled along…rain coming down…traffic annoyingly trafficky…when suddenly…something…didn’t feel right…

Push the gas pedal…speed doesn’t change…set the cruise at 70…car goes 63…try to make a pass…foot to the floor…gears won’t shift…six hours…busy interstate…frantic calls to that husband at home…driver me in a panic…

And so…that reunion…didn’t go as planned…that daughter of mine…scared about the tests…scared about what might show up…mama me exhausted…stressed…about the car…about the cost of fixing it…about those upcoming tests of hers…

And so…we cried…that daughter and I…worries and fears…filling the room…cried and cried and cried…until relief set in…

Relief in knowing we were ok…knowing answers would come soon…and knowing…whatever it was…we’d face it…together…
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And that daughter of mine…agrees…