Ryatt by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773365831
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2022-06-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

It took several more days of understanding where her own fears were coming from for Lana to verbalize it to Dani. She stopped in and announced, “It’s just fear, fear of not having enough.”

Dani looked at her in surprise. “Pardon?”

At that, Lana chuckled. “Sorry, a little preamble would have helped.”

“Or at least a bit of notice as to what the conversation was supposed to be about,” Dani suggested, “although it sounded interesting.”

“When my first instinct, seeing you waiting at my office, was that I was being fired,” she replied, “it goes back to that whole fear of not having enough.”

“Ah.” Dani nodded. “That makes a lot of sense. Nothing quite like knowing that survival is still something that’s ever at the forefront for anyone. And, when we lose something pertinent to our survival, how messed up we can get so very quickly.”

Lana nodded. “Good point,” she agreed, “and definitely something that I think we should consider for staff training considerations, even if it doesn’t extend to the patients as well. It just might be helpful to bring it up at some point in time for the employees to consider in their own worlds. Obviously my case is different from your case. Our situations are different.”

“True. I understand,” Dani replied. “Nothing like running a center like this and having so many people’s livelihoods in your hands to make you realize just how delicate of a situation the success of Hathaway House is for everyone.”

“You’re quite right there. I’m just trying to keep myself afloat. I can’t imagine being responsible for all these other people around here.” Lana shook her head. “And, of course, that’s what you deal with all the time.”

“Most of the time it’s fine, and then, every once in a while, you get that wake-up call in the middle of the night because, you know, prices have gone up or one of the particular donors who have been incredibly generous to us decides to give elsewhere, and it’s almost heart attack season.” She added, “So far we’ve been blessed, and, for every downturn, we’ve experienced an upturn to keep us still going with strong momentum. Yet it is something that keeps me awake at night. So that fear of survival is very valid.”

“Surely for everybody, not just me or you,” she murmured. “I agree, I mean, not everybody has a six-month nest egg for emergencies. And, even if they did, it would probably be something that they would have to tap into, and that dwindling balance would then probably bring on the same kind of fear because now they won’t have it.” Lana paused, then added, “And that’s just the money angle. There is also the health angle and the mind-set perspective too.”

Dani laughed. “All good points. I think we’re all just messed up then,” she said, with a smile.

“Well, let’s hope that, as time goes on, we all get a little bit less messed up and a little bit more secure.”

“I think you have to be happy or secure knowing that you can handle the worst that life throws at you,” Dani murmured.

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