Like you say stay strong and keep focused, there are much better days ahead!

I know what you say when you talk about great times shared in the past and how those will play out in the future.

We all went to the drive-in movie on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend the last two years and this year, we were 1,000 miles apart. I thought about it though and of course it made me sad. There are new memories to be made though and those will mean just as much.

Go tonight, be enthusiastic for your kids, meet the new teachers and be as nice to your W as you would any of the other parents there. After all, you are detached from her, so hold fast in the choppy water. You will walk out feeling ten feet tall because you kept your emotions in check. That works for me, and my W can't figure it out. She always asks, "Why are you being so nice?" I may have a complete anger/emotional meltdown in the car on the way home, but only I know about that.

M42
S12/D9
T17/M12
Bomb 1 3/22/06
Bomb 2 7/11/08
Bomb 3 7/31/08
W Filed 8/1/08
D granted 12/17/08
D Finalized 1/29/09

A man who compromises his principles never had them in the first place.