14. Tonight I am thankful that I can be independent. If you have never in your adult life counted on someone completely and had them fail you miserably....you probably can't understand how much this means! When I was younger just after my seperation from the girls father I remember calling my parents for help. Our water was ICE cold and I had no idea why. Obviously, now, my first thought would be check the water heater. My Dad had to rush over and light the pilot light. This wasn't the only time I called him that year for help, but it is a time I remember very vividly. A single mom with 2 small children, completely unaware there was even a need to light the pilot light on the water heater. What else did I not know?
So why this comes up tonight. Nathan is working a double shift today and when I turned on the fireplace (which is really just a fancy space heater) there was a quick flicker of the fake fire and then it shut off and so did the lights in the lower level of our house. I laughed. I wondered if the 20 yr old version of me would have at least known why that happened? So I am very thankful tonight that although I count on Nathan for damn near everything, he is my rock! I am very capable of taking care of myself, our family and our home while he is away. I should have my own theme song LOL
3 comments:
I love this post! Seriously! It is so amazing how we grow into interdependent adults. I love having Rob be there to take care of me. But god forbid if anything happened to him, I would be able to take care of myself. At least I like to tell myself that. Such a great thing to be thankful for!
This is an awesome post. Experience and time are sometimes all we need to learn and grow. Now if you would start killing your own spiders-- before they eat your face.
Face eating spiders are terrifying! That is different!!!
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