Driving home from our counseling session feeling glum already, Ryan got a call from Sophia that she had been laid off. At first it felt like one more painful blow. Ryan was totally exasperated. Already overwhelmed with the scary medical details discussed in Boston, he looked like he'd been sucker-punched.
As the miles passed, the realization hit that this may be a blessing in disguise. Notwithstanding the hurt Sophia was feeling and the loss of income for them, there are several advantages. Sophia will be able to be with him in Boston. With Sophia as the "caretaker", reduced cost hotel rooms ($40/day rather than $169 for the same room at the same hotel) will now be available since Sophia meets the "means testing" for income eligibility for the program and I don't. Not that we are hurting, and we know that we are very blessed financially compared to most people who experience this - but the constant travel, meals away from home, gas & lodging really do add up. Now Sophia will be able to stay in a hotel within the allotted per diem the insurance pays (which in itself is another incredible blessing), with a little left for food.
And I will be able to be home more with the girls and Tim. Although Tim is remarkably self-sufficient, there are things that moms do that dads don't, and some things that are a priority to me that aren't to him (practicing piano, doing Chinese lessons on-line, etc). And let's face it - having Mommie tuck you in is something that just can't be replaced. And it's good for Mom, too!
I'll be putting on more milage, but at this point the car is on auto-pilot between home and Boston. Thanks to some great audiobooks, the miles fly by pretty quickly.
So we'll change to plan B and appreciate that Ryan and Sophia can be together. Unlike my little girls, he is at the point in his life where someone other than Mom is his rock and his cheerleader.
---Barb
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