A New Family Structure

My daughter and I picked up my husband and his sister at the airport very late the end of that long week.

We were super happy to see Sharon... and super tired. I know that the death of their mother, my mother-in-law, had registered with Sharon, but in retrospect I see that in order to cope with change she continually looks forward. In some ways I am envious of this view and in many ways this form of coping reminds me of a ticking time bomb.

I think both Sharon and my husband were surprised at how much room Sharon had in the bedroom (so was I!). And I can't thank my parents enough for helping us out with some expenses (bed, plane ticket just to name two on the tab). Her bed was ordered and would arrive within a few days. Dresser space was ready thanks to creative consolidating as well as an extra dresser at mom and dad's. We were as ready as we were going to be.

Our daughter was initially excited about sharing a room with Aunt Sharon, but as the days went by, the change took its effect and she started to get emotional and showed her temper. We have a long road ahead of us.

It took several days for Sharon's boxes of "stuff" to arrive. I was eager to get her settled and have at least one part of this change under some sort of control. Grasping for straws...I knew that was what I was doing.