“Your acceptance of your situation is very refreshing. We don’t always have to know the end"
The first few months after our move were tough. My husband was experiencing chinuch issues with his new colleagues similar to the ones we thought he’d left behind. It was perplexing and distressing that the dynamic seemed to be repeating itself.
My husband wasn’t happy and for the first couple of weeks expressed regret over the move we’d made. Again, I found myself needing to strengthen him, while at the same time I wasn’t happy myself.
Ironically, in one of my conversations with my daughter in seminary, she shared something her teacher had said. Her teacher was discussing how sometimes one tries to run away from a problem rather than fixing the root of it.
“For example, Mommy,” she said excitedly, “my teacher described the scenario of someone who isn’t getting along with their coworkers at work and decides to change jobs, only to find that the same issues rear their heads in the new place. Doesn’t that sound familiar, Mommy?”
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