Being a grown up is:
Waking up hungry and tired, knowing that a few bites of ice cream will provide the calories and fat needed to wake up fully and push on through the morning, choosing strawberry cheesecake because it seems healthier than banana split sundae and then opting for the overripe banana in the cereal cupboard because if it doesn't get eaten it will be thrown away.
My daughter got married over the weekend.
I am not thrilled.
There are so many reasons that it is a bad idea and that the person she married is so wrong but she is an adult and it is her life. She has the right to navigate even the roughest of waters if she so chooses.
Even though I am not happy that she has married the person she has married, I still went. I helped out. Her stepdad(equally not thrilled)cried when he walked her down the aisle. We were just happy to see her being happy. That has always been the goal that I placed for my children, happiness. I person can amass wealth and still be unhappy, I don't consider that successful.
Even if life is hard, happiness is critical to actually being successful. A person can be hungry and in debt and still be happy. I know from personal experience.
I am still worried about the price of her happiness. I hope that this endeavor brings joy for her. Just because I am not happy about it, does not mean I want her to fail. I want to be proven wrong. I want to see positive and happy things.
I know that she knows I don't trust the person she has chosen. I did not attend for the sake of that human. I wanted my daughter to know that I love her no matter what happens and that I am always on her side.
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