Kids always first and they know that. They know who takes time to bathe them, who snuggles with them, who talks with them about life, who is involved with their studies, etc.
They love their mommy but they tell me that she doesn't spend quality time with them. She plops them in front of the TV and she goes in the kitchen, doing her own thing. She doesn't help them with homework, during family gatherings she just abandons them for the adults, drinking the night away. I was also told by my two squirts that mommy takes her wine bottles to grandma's house because she has so man bottles piled up on her recycling bin. These are things my girls are explaining to me without anykind of badgering from me. It is quite funny and scary at the same time.
So, yes LB, the girls know exactly what is going on, they tell me all the time. They often ask me to be extra nice to mommy so that she won't yell at daddy. My little one refers to her as the witch. I almost peed in my pants when I heard that.
Smile and nod, that is my tactic.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts,that laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death
