Corner View: Positive Thoughts

"This too will pass."

My senior year of high school was a tough year for me.

Boyfriend problems.

Cattiness of other girls.

One of my closest friends got pregnant and then got married.

I no longer picked her up in the morning for school;

she lived with her husband and he didn't want her even riding in a car with her girlfriends.

My parents and I moved in the middle of the year.

Mom and Dad  truly included me in the decision.

The new church and town was only a half hour away

 and

my school was allowing me to commute and finish up with my classmates.

Then I had a summer of waitressing to get through before heading to college.

So--- who was I to stand in the way of a fantastic opportunity for my father?

Much adjusting had to be done by all of us:

some we handled well and others not so well.

(There were lots of miscommunication between mom and I)

Then my Grandpap Jarvis became ill with terminal cancer.

I dearly loved him and was close to him.

The year was a teenager's nightmare.

.

I  had an art teacher, Mrs. Dyrdek who would listen to my troubles

in the art supply room.

She always had time.

And she always said the same thing:

"This too will pass."

You know what?

Everything did eventually pass.

Of course some of  the outcomes were traumatic (Grandpap died),

but I survived.

I grew stronger, more resilient.

I learned to cope.

I learned that a story book ending doesn't have to happen

in order for something good to come out of the situation.

I now always look for the good in a bad situation,

knowing that the good will remain after the bad passes.

I grew up a lot the year of 1972.

I had a lot more growing to do, of course.

I still do.

But I've never forgotten Mrs. Dyrdek,

her compassion,

her concern,

her time,

and her saying,

"This too will pass."

I remember that saying when I'm in the middle of a difficult time.

(I now read scripture, have time with God, and pray,

which I didn't that senior year and of course that helps.)

                       

                      This is my contribution to Corner View:"Positive Thoughts for Bad Moments."

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