the best bad news ever
March 14, 2016 at 11:49 pm | Posted in life after loss, life lessons, silver lining | 5 CommentsTags: child loss, happy, life after loss, perspective, post traumatic stress disorder
About a month ago, we had a sewage problem at our house. I will spare you the gross details but the result was that our downstairs bathroom needed to be ripped out.
It was determined that the problem was a pipe in our street. The City of Atlanta workers came to repair the pipe. It took a few days. At the end of the first day I received a call from one of the workers. He told me he had good news and bad news for me. The good news was that they could fix the pipe! I braced myself for the bad news. . .
He told me that when they were trying to determine the problem that one of the city trucks hit our mailbox. I waited a moment. Then I asked, “Is there more bad news?” He said no, it was just the mailbox. I smiled and happily thanked him for the best bad news ever! My standards of what qualifies as bad news has greatly changed since 2005. While a ripped up bathroom and a broken mailbox are not ideal, if that is the worst news I will gladly take it.
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A Mourning Mom 
Hopefully they are almost done with the re-construction! (As that would be some even more good news!) Hugs to all!
Comment by Eden— March 15, 2016 #
Good news = newly redone floors and bathroom?
Comment by Daphne— March 15, 2016 #
I hope, you will enjoy your new bathroom and refurbished mailbox and not get any other “bad” news. I like your spirit about the incident.
Love, Cornelia
Comment by Cornelia Levine— March 15, 2016 #
beautiful. I’m right there with you.
Comment by David— March 15, 2016 #
What a wonderful perspective you have. Fabulous.
Comment by Amy— March 15, 2016 #