Why Growing Through Difficulties is an Important Sliver Lining

I apologize for the long absence from blogging. Life is turned upside down for my immediate family and I since my last blog post. It is difficult to go through all of this. That last sentence might be the understatement of my life.  A silver lining, of the exquisite difficulties have given me lots of blog post material, so my intention is post will be much more frequent from here on out.

Speaking only for myself in these posts is important for me because I want to protect the comfort and the privacy of my immediate family members. Despite our best efforts, since the beginning of the pandemic Labor Day brought COVID-19 to the doorstep of my parents’ house. Experiencing COVID for myself my thought was this could be so much worse. My COVID symptoms presented themselves as fairly severe sinus infection for about two days fever included. It did cause me to lose my appetite because nothing tasted as it usually does. Nothing tasting right and not a big appetite still persists for me.

Once recovered from COVID, I had to stretch what I thought was possible for me to do with my condition. My parents needed me to step up and take responsibility for aspects of our lives I never had before. To my pleasant surprise: I could do everything I was being asked to do and more. Learning that growth is inevitable in exquisite difficulty was a silver lining I did not know I would embrace so enthusiastically and wholeheartedly. I am extremely proud of myself for what I’ve been able to accomplish and help out with so far. I have no doubt that this will continue as we go forward in our current difficulties. Stay tuned for the journey I never saw coming, but the one I might have needed most of all to ensure I can live the life I’ve always wanted to be as independent as possible and as fully as possible.