Egad - time has flown the past week. Been fighting a pretty bad sore throat / cold since last Friday so have been a bit under the weather.

Positive notes:

Session with IC went rather well - and I got a homework assignment. IC wanted me to think back to the times when I was growing up and my early interactions with W with regards to how I expressed my needs and how they were taken care of. From what I can recall (images of a huge shovel machine working in a strip mine come immediately to mind ), I wasn't that expressive in telling my Mom or Dad about my emotional needs but they usually were supportive and would spend the time with me when I approached them. When W and I were living together early on in our R, I was a bit better in being more direct but I had to keep in mind that W had just ended her 2nd M and had a great deal going through her mind (did she want us to pursue a long term R, did she want to go back to school, etc.) so I was there more for her than she was for me - if that makes any sense. I need to think on that some more before my next session in a little more than a week.

D has expressed an interest in joining the folk dancing group that I belong to - which W was also active in before she dropped it several years ago. Everyone there thinks she would enjoy herself - she did pretty well her first time there and I can work with her at home. \:\) I am already involved in Scouts with S - so having a father-daughter weekly activity is a good thing.

Oops - work calls. Hope to post some more later...

Me 52, STBEX 52
D 17, S 12
M 20 years
Em Sep since 2002, Phys Sep Sept 2009