Her family did visit Seaside Haven last summer, and it was a great experience. There are no comments on my career. There are no passive aggressive statements regarding money, just two families having a holiday together.
The family dynamics have transformed irrevocably. I’m no longer the family member who requires charity or sympathy. I am a family member who employs 43 people and gives back to the community through local employment and charitable activities.
Most importantly, I’m no longer the family member who settles for less than she deserves just to keep the peace. I created my own peace, and it is beautiful. Sometimes the finest revenge isn’t really revenge.
Sometimes it is simply refusing to shrink in order to make others comfortable. Sometimes it’s creating something so lovely that people can’t help but admire what you’ve produced. And occasionally, when someone tells you there isn’t enough room, the best response is to go build your own room, then make another one, then construct an empire.
When you have the blueprints, there is always enough room.
