A Little Epiphany - (and a newbie delurking)

[Dia]

Hi, Wifey and GIMA,

Thank you for popping in.

Kidlet goes back to Cub Scouts tomorrow and all of us are excited about it. I did Girl Scouts through most of high school and H was an Eagle Scout. He and his age-mates built the Scout House the troop now meets in. (Ok, he and his age-mates also accidentally set it on fire, too, but that's another story.) The troop leader is one of the boys from H's original troop and the son of the Scout Master who ran the troop when H was there.

Kidlet belonged as a Tiger Cub, so going back to that troop is one of the benefits of being back here and back together. As H and I were discussing it Friday night, I asked H if he wanted me to come, too, or if he wanted it to be a father-son thing. Kidlet immediately chimed in to say it was a 'man' thing and no Moms allowed. H laughed, then gently corrected him to say that Moms and other women were welcome, and sometimes the leaders were women, too.

This will change the pace of our week somewhat as it disrupts the Tues - Thurs pattern for H to have his game night and his dinner-and-a-movie night.

So, add to the things Dia is grateful for:

1) Going back to Cub Scouts is one more mossy little brick in the whole return-to-normalcy path.

2) From my earlier post, H is processing his feelings about the breakup with OW very well. Not only that, but he's sharing them with me and not blaming me for them. Woo Hoo!

3) I was able to tell kidlet today that he and I would be staying in this house and we wouldn't have to move. Even better, Dad and I were going to be married again and see how it worked. It might have been better to do that together, but kidlet does not express his "I hope you and Mom get back together" or "Are we staying here or do we have to move?" fears to H; only to me. Kidlet is pleased.