My parents recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, and they had been dating for a couple of years before that. Throughout my childhood and adolescence, I never witnessed them quarreling.
My mom was a very wise woman. My parents didn’t earn much, but we always had enough for everything thanks to the fact that my mother always had some savings and planned our budget. When I became an adult, I started to imitate her.
Now I’m 24 years old and one day I decided to visit my parents because my heart told me to, and it seems I was right to do so. When I came and heard my mother’s words, I almost fell over. She told me that she and my father were getting a divorce on her initiative. When my mom told me this, my dad was looking at the floor. He was upset and confused, and told me that he didn’t understand why she was leaving, since she didn’t have a lover.
I decided to talk to my mom and understand why she made such a drastic decision. She explained to me that she was sick of this family routine. When I talked to my father alone about it, he said that he could not keep her if it was her decision, but she had to accept the consequences in the form of the property remaining with him. Mom took only her personal belongings and moved to a rented apartment.
Even during the divorce, they understood each other and respected the decisions made.
I was wondering how my mother’s life would be alone, because she was still beautiful and smart, but no gentlemen were chasing her. I noticed that she herself no longer knew how to flirt, had no wealth, and was sad to be alone.
Six months had passed since their divorce. It was Christmas when my mom called us to come visit her, but I reminded her that we were with my dad that evening and that she would be at her place the next holiday. When we arrived, she told me that she had never had such a sad Christmas holiday before, because it was supposed to be a family holiday.
– “If I lived with my dad now, it would have been like that,” I said, and I was about to take it back, but my mom beat me to it.
– Yes, I am very sorry for what I did to him. Did I know that it would be my biggest mistake?
– Mom, what do you think about going to Dad’s for dinner now? I’m sure he feels the same way you do at Christmas.
Hearing this, my mom got excited and started putting together as many dishes as she could and asked us to wait so she could bake his favorite lemon pie.
Dad met us with surprise and a hidden smile. It was obvious that he was happy to see mom, although he tried to disguise it. During the celebration, my mother complained about the expensive rent of the apartment, so my father invited her to live with him, like old good friends. She gladly agreed. And after that, their story began to take on new dimensions. Their brief separation made their relationship warmer. They began to appreciate each other more and never even mentioned the idea of separation.
Later, my dad told me in secret that he had been waiting for my mom to come back all this time, because there was still love between them, and they just needed time to realize it. After that, I began to admire my parents’ wisdom even more
