Trying to move on

[ClingingToHope]

Yes, Awest, if the D train continues to rumble on, before it is final I will make one last emotional appeal. I'll do it even if I get my heart handed back to me in a box. If I don't, I'll always wonder.

And even if it doesn't work, we'll have 10 years of co-parenting where she'll see me and the life I'll be building.

I just have to remember that I've already overcome a lot in life. My parents moved around a lot when I was little so I was constantly having to build new sets of friends.

My parents divorced and I had to overcome that.

My first professional job paid just $8 an hour and I thrived then.

The school thing is very, very important. The key to having a good year this year has been hiring an after-school sitter whose No. 1 job is to make sure D10 gets her homework done.

D7 is starting to have more homework so it's getting dicier.

Really, the schedule we're discussing isn't different than the one we have now. I have them one night during the week and every other weekend and I see them after school for an hour.

So really the home base will be W's with recognition that it's a 50/50 parenting commitment because of the after-school time and summer camps. I'm the one who typically picks them up because W can't get off at 5 p.m. and that's usually the time they have to be picked up.