Well, Ant, your right. I have not sent my reply yet, but I like what you wrote.
On another note, I got a bit of an unexpected boost from my d9, although at the time, it was a real tear jerker for me.
When I went to drop d9 off Easter evening, which is a Sunday when I normally drop her off Monday mornings, on our way back to stbxw house, d9 asked me "Do I get to spend all of next weekend with you?" And when I gave her a hug good bye, she asked "Now, you are going to call me every night this week Dad, right?"
Of course I replied yes to her, and explained that her mom wanted to see her for Easter as well, and why I dropping her off on Sunday night instead of Monday.
I left and man was I choked up driving off after that, but happy in a way as well, that she is expressing herself better with time.
M: 41 STBXW: 41 D: 9 Bomb: 4/26/09
On board the D train now..
"Suffering is when we try to change what we cannot."