Standing on the Edge

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Msm,

If it weren't for my D, I would have given up long ago.

Tonight, as I took her to her Mom's house (she rents about three blocks away), I looked at the drawings she had made for her mom. One was a family of deer. The nuclear family was a theme that often appeared in her drawings. A mommy, a daddy and a baby. I asked her about the deer and she explained that it was the mommy and the baby and that the mommy had divorced and married a new daddy..........uuuuggghhhhhh!

I wonder if W has been talking about this to her....

In spite of that, I went in and talked to W about D and some behavior issues (lying) and her cousin who lives here with me.

Our conversation was relaxed and congenial and we confronted a lying episode together as parents that happened moments later ( D dunked kitten in the tub and claimed it was an accident).

Overall, there was no tension in the air and you would be hard pressed to imagine some of the things I have told you about here.

I have been reading some things that have helped me see things a little bit differently lately, and that have helped me to move past some of the anger. I will post more on that later.

I am both sorry and glad that you have been able to come to some sort of resolution with your H. I hope and expect much better things to come your way, because you are a wise woman with a good heart. Unfortunatly for me, my saga is far from over though....I don't envision an end coming till mid Fall or later.