We did pretty well. H and I both choked up once because Nathan was crying. But we told him that we were sad and it was okay to be sad...
We told him over and over again how much we loved him and that we would always, always always be a family. Dan and Nathan just left to go sledding and Sydney and I will join them once she gets up from her nap. We did church and lunch together and we will be doing karate and dinner together tonight, too. It won't always be that way but this first day especially we wanted him to see we are still a family.
He has already asked when Daddy is coming back, will it be one month or more than a month, etc etc
We told him Daddy and Mommy need to take a break so we don't argue so much and we will try to learn how to get along with each other better. We told him we don't know if Daddy will move back home but that we are going to work very hard to see if we can live together again because that is what we BOTH want (Dan wanted to say that). But that we don't know yet what will happen. I told him we would always love him and Sydney and that Daddy and I had a problem but NOT with them that they did nothing wrong and were wonderful kids etc etc
