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be part of life's rich pageant

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be (all) part of life's rich pageant/tapestry

  (literary)

if you say that a bad or difficult experience is all part of life's rich tapestry, you mean that you must accept it because it is a part of life that cannot be avoided

Usage notes: A tapestry is a piece of cloth with a picture in it that usually represents a story.

Having kids certainly causes problems, but that's all part of life's rich tapestry.

See also: of, pageant, part, rich