Acceptance

We felt we had tried everything to improve my husband's day-to-day worklife.

Much brainstorming..

Many pep-talks...

And sacrifices...

We believed that our plans would work. Something would go our way.

But one brutal day we realized that things at work were intolerable.
We didn't have control over anything.
The classes, the extra effort didn't matter.
We were shocked.

Nothing  left to do but accept things as they were.

Now the tricky thing about acceptance is the letting go of the illusion of control.

We spent the next few days fully enjoying our time together as a family.

Not worrying or problem solving.....

it was not a conscious decision, but the only action left.

We accepted our lot and let go.

Two days later, the universe gave  us an unexpected gift.
A new assignment! His request for station came through!

Crazy beautiful timing?!