Friday evening, after attending a memorial service for my daughter's friend's mother, we were headed back home. Talking through emotions, singing to a favorite disc, enjoying sharing space and time when a semi-pulled out in front of us...Locked brakes, held breath, fish tailing and Thank you God for the extra berm and missing guard rail...it was over. "Mom, that was the best result of a worse case scenario." My daughter interjected.
Did I mention she is 12. Not 40. Not 80. . . 12
She was encouraging me!
We both took a deep breath. Thanked God for his protection. And headed back down the road.
How many times do we experience the Best Results of a Worse Case Scenario? How do we choose to respond?
Later in the weekend my husband and I celebrated our 18th Wedding Anniversary with our annual date night.
The restaurant was unusually busy for 4:30 but we made it to our seats, took at deep breath to appreciate we were both at the same place, at the same time, just us, for the sole purpose of celebrating being together. The waitress was very pleasant and bubbly. We placed our order and started recapping the missed portions of our days.
Over the next hour my appetizer would be served with an extra side of something crunchy, the iceberg wedge salad was actually frozen, my ribeye was really "well" done and my husband's salmon raw enough to almost swim upstream.
And we made the Best Result out of a Worse Case Scenario. . .it has been a long time since I have laughed that hard. My apologies to the people sitting around me as I am sure I was probably snorting.
You see, my husband and I have a history of Making the best out of Worst case scenarios.
Our wedding reception included knocked over pillars and the emergency squad. Our honeymoon cruise was detoured due to 3 tropical storms and a hurricane. . .and so many more worst case scenarios that have provided me with some of the best memories of my life.
I can't image life any other way.
Now go make the best our of your worst case scenarios!
