Awesome Advice: This too shall pass

Now that Veronica Rose is on the scene, settled and cheerfully gaining weight and people skills, it seemed like a good time to share some sweet thoughts from a very fine friend. Susan reminds us of temporal reality, and that the only sure thing is that nothing is forever.

This too shall pass – the errant shiny penny on the coffee table picked up by two little three-year-old fingers out of sheer curiosity and… down the hatch. “My knee! My knee!” “Oh, does your knee hurt?” Wait a minute, wasn’t there a penny (mah-nee) here a minute ago! As per the nurses/moms, chase it with a few little bites of soft white bread to make sure it’s not stuck and then keep an eye out for it (for what feels like much, much too long). This will surprise you (and make you laugh once you stop panicking) just as much as watching your kid pick up a spoon and hang it off her nose the very first time she gives it a try. It’s important to leave time and space to sometimes just watch and be surprised by what your kid can do and be there when they turn around to make sure you were watching.

Now, what I really love about this sweet story is that it is actually several bits of advice very cleverly rolled up into one. Mind your pennies, follow an unusual snack with something soft to make sure it got down safely, keep your sense of humor about you and make time to make memories.

The inexorable march of time and its curative powers have turned into a bit of a theme for the advice project – and this post reminded me of Alison’s note to pay attention, as the good, the bad and the ugly all pass at the same rate. Things are going to change. Whether they started off good, bad or ugly, the only sure thing is change.

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