In 48 hours, give or take a couple of minutes, I need to take the children -- D6 and S9 -- out so that WAW's movers can come in the house and carry her away.
So what's my play? Do I have them say "goodbye" to her? How much of a scene do I permit to go on? Do I simply hustle them out the door, waving a "cheerie-bye!"? It seems disrespectful to them and their feelings not to let them confront it four-square, yet my instincts are to protect them at all costs.
For my part, in terms of the bilateral interaction, the challenge will simply be to control my emotional response -- sadly or madly -- and to hold my tongue.
But I'm less concerned -- much less -- about myself than I am with them.
