[Altered Moment]

Well my daughter took my very expensive Canon camera out to try to get shots of lightning. Wasn't raining when she went out. All of a sudden a torrential down pour starts coming down. She decides to stand out in it for ten or fifteen minutes all the while the camera is getting soaked. All extremely sensitive electronics. Today the camera does not work. Drying it in a bag of rice.

It is very upsetting and triggering. I can't afford a new one and I had a job to do with that camera next week that I could make some money at. 800 bucks for the camera and losing out on income I could make with it.

Extremely upsetting. She is 21. Why did she not have enough sense to hurry up and get the camera out of the rain.

Having a hard time processing this and I don't want it to trigger me. I just want to keep *****ing at her but I *****ed enough already. So now I just have to deal with it.

[Frankbtl]

Hi zinco, I know it's got to be really frustrating/annoying/upsetting for you I really do, but you know age is no protection for any of us doing something really thoughtless/making mistakes when we really "should" have known better.
And what she did can't be undone, I'm sure she knows not to do something like that again now though, right??!!
So bad situation but holding onto those feelings really aren't going to help you. I know it really might not be easy to let them go but you know they aren't helping..........so I don't know maybe start with some deep breathing........some grounding techniques.........???
Maybe there's something practical you can do to help you with next week.......maybe not......I don't know, what do you think?
But either way, if we focus in on the other bits of what you're saying a bit more..........you've obviously (otherwise) got a daughter that you've kept/have a good relationship with despite all the things you've been through (and huge respect to you there!!) and underneath that (underneath everything) you do feel love for her, right?
Now that is all absolutely priceless in the "bigger picture".
And you know what, she's following her father in the photography department, you've got to feel a bit of pride in that, right??!!
So those are really things you don't want to overlook for the price of a camera, for the price of 800 bucks.........those are all worth much more than that.
Alison

[Pierro]

I can see why you are very upset, but, she didn't do it on purpose. You know that. Time will help with the upset. In the meantime I am sorry that you are having this stress on top of it all

[Altered Moment]

Yeah I calmed down by this afternoon. Kind of glad I didn't continue to dwell and stew on it. Yes I love her very much and have a good relationship with her. She made a dumb mistake. I could write a book on the ones I have made.