No Crying

I raised two girls, and between the three of us we have shed our share of tears. When the girls were younger, I made an observation that crying should be reserved for 2 situations...when someone died or when you hurt yourself really badly. NOT when your sister took your favorite toy or when you had to help with supper. Later, when we were all older, I landed on the idea that one should not cry about things that can be fixed with money. One can cry about the things that can't be fixed with money, but the solution to things that could be fixed with money was not crying, but finding the money to fix them. Now whenever one of us starts to cry about something, one of us says: Can it be fixed with money? And, hopefully, the answer is yes. Over the last few years, we have cried over the things that definitely cannot be fixed with money, but have stalwartly worked through the things that can. Unsold house, broken car,  lost jobs, sky high repair bills, new baby. We can turn our back on tears of frustration, and work toward solid solutions. Dry eyes see everything more clearly.