The Lord is cleaning house here at the Smiths. So grateful. I just call it Mercy.
And I had to laugh at MK's blog about her tea hunt. She's gotten some great deals at an India market while we've taken an extended break from all things Indian. We've bought the Tetley Ginger tea (like the Masala she got) via daughter's former Indian boyfriend, last week in fact. Now the only curry we'll likely eat will be from Gary's mom's tried and true recipe.
Our daughter is about finished with the great 'toss out' even asking me if I was going to get rid of my Tulsi (Indian) tea but reminded her that I've buying that flavor even before she began dating him. No more interest in henna tattoos or garish colors. No ethnic movies (glad we already saw the one with Helen Mirren!), or things that smack of India. Such a purge.
Don't get me wrong. I don't have a problem with Indians in general, just relieved we're not doing that anymore. I like Caucasians. And I'm allowed that. It's an effort to accept what's so different. I was willing to go there, and was a willing participant, but give me plain old 'been here in the US for a couple of hundred years' Americans any day.
So thankful our daughter is doing well too. She's not anguished, but was hurt pretty hard. She's realized, however, that this relationship was wrong awhile ago. Not going anywhere, and likely her former boyfriend had an extended case of cold feet. I'm glad of that. Breaking up a dating relationship is much easier than divorce. Ewwww.
We're getting our fire back. Cut quick and cut it now. That's how we deal with it. Again, thanks be to God, I have my daughter back. Didn't even know she'd gone anywhere.
