Thank you dday...I don't hear from the Ex much these days. Last time I picked up my son I tried not to stay long, but my boy was insistent on me tickling him and showing me things...my Ex was tired on the couch and we didn't talk that much except about what I did over the weekend with our son. I was upbeat, and getting ready to get him was kind of fun (It was like I was getting ready for a date with him) : ) All that for 1/2 hr.. but hopefully worth in the end someday... The dinner you guys do together sounds great, maybe I can suggest that...family dinner has always been important to me and us with my other 2 kids that are now grown.

Sometimes I feel like maybe we're just not going to get to that place I wish we would, but I guess you just never know and that keeps me going.

I know when my parents passed away, I noticed, in each case, that no one talks about it as they do when the funeral ect.. goes on, and it's like people forget about you. So, I did get a card and an ornament (memories, which you can put a picture in), and thought I'd mail it to him. I thought it would be nice, but do you think it would be appropriate considering the circumstance we're in?