Let It Go ~ Raindrop Rose
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
June 27, 2020 12:04pm CST
Been on the phone for the last hour with a good friend. We have been friends since kindergarten. Amazing right!
She called wanting my opinion. I always tell her I don't like giving advice. So she will ask for my opinion. She has several children and grandchildren. Also an interesting relationship with her fiancé.
Most of the conversation was about her fiancé that shares her home. He wants to build a second home, so he will have something to leave his children. Understandable. We agreed on that matter.
But now he tells her he wants to live in the other home. And instead of asking her opinion of colors, types of floors, etc. for the new home (like he has been doing for the last few months), he is now asking his adult children. This has not set well with her. She has money in this new home as well.
Long story short. I told her to just let it go. Let him live there and have something for his children. She can live in her home for her children. Letting things go in life you cannot control makes things so much better on the heart and soul.
She thanked me and said I gave her another option to consider. That is what I wanted to hear Options are good. No advice, just options.
Sharing a raindrop rose for all of you from Dustin's garden.
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
27 Jun 20
I love the rose. It looks so fresh. Yes. we can only give some option for the person to decide 

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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jun 20
It isn't always easy to let things like that go. I hope she finds it in her heart to do that. Though perhaps the fiance doesn't realize he has upset her.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jun 20
@CarolDM I do not blame you for not wanting to get involved. I always weigh my words whenever I offer advice, and usually preface it with "this is just an opinion"
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jun 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes we are close enough, she knows how I feel.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
28 Jun 20
If she can...that is great. We all have visions of how we want our life to be, and if someone does not see things the same way it can make things very difficult. However, you did the best you could for her. The rest is up to her. I love your rose pic.
@rebelann (117199)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Jun 20
Yeah, but shouldn't she also get her money back if she has no say in the way the house will be built?
The funny thing is that so far I have yet to meet anyone whose children want their parents home, most of the time when the parents pass on their homes are sold by their children.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
27 Jun 20
Love the rose. I'm bad about giving opinions and advice...I always offer them.
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@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
28 Jun 20
Lovely raindrop rose. Yes, it is nice to give options
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