Our daughter was excited about her mentor. It was the lady she really wanted to be teamed with. She was mature and had mentored lots of young women. But now they had met 3 times and she was a little disappointed. She seems awful busy. She doesn't seem real interested in me. I guess I was hoping for someone like mom.
I told her mom what she said.
Her mom: Well she only needs one mom.
Me: She said the lady has just started a new business and it's taking off and maybe it's distracting her. She also said sometimes she feels like the lady doesn't understand.
Her: She probably means about grace. It's a little hard to explain how I know what she meant by that, but I'm her husband, and I know. She meant all mom had to offer was a real-life understanding of grace. She meant that the businesslady was doing an important, impressive thing, and therefore had much to offer our daughter.
I looked her in the eye and held it. I wanted her to hear this. I wanted her to hear it because sometimes she allows herself to feel a little insignificant:
It can be pretty special when you start something like your own business. All up and down this street are houses and apartments with people living in them who mostly work for someone else. But, a few of them have their own thing they've started or bought, and yeah it's a big deal to them.
But also all up and down this street are dozens and hundreds of small businesses -- so really they're a dime a dozen. What YOU'VE got and where YOU are is way more special and rare. Very few have gotten to where you are and understand and appreciate the way you do. The gate is narrow and few go thru it but YOU HAVE.
I wasn't saying this to build her up, or to take away the accomplishments of others, but to remind her of what she knows.
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