Problems and relativity

Our family room is temporarily overtaken with the piles of stuff Daughter One and Mary will pack in the Taurus for the trip to Orlando. One is moving there to continue her career as a Disney performer. Mary is driving with her and they’ll spend some time with Mary’s family. We’re worried about how to get all the stuff into the car and thus, to Florida.

We’re also  worried about One being able to handle the completely-independent-financing thing. Will she get enough hours or will she have to go back to Old Navy? Will she get into the show she’s auditioning for and start to move up the ladder? Will we be able to afford to visit home? Or at least, her Grandma on the other side of Florida?

And then there’s Daughter Two. Back in Boston and I won’t see her again until Christmas unless I figure out the time and money to go visit her.

With the girls out of the day-to-day picture, Mary and I are FINALLY getting serious about putting in an adult backyard. Again, money will be a deciding factor in terms of what we will do and how soon we can do it.

It would be easy to whine but then I remember that there are dads within a mile of where I’m sitting who will go to bed tonight not knowing how they’ll pay next month’s mortgage. And in many parts of this world, there are mothers whose own diet won’t support breast-feeding.

Everything is relative. Our problems aren’t so huge. I hope yours aren’t either.