It's a choice

[irishblessings]

Time for a new thread - symbolically - time for a new life!

It's a really crazy time for me right now. Many life events are taking place for my children and it makes me very bittersweet because I always thought I'd be sharing these things with my husband. However it's not to be.

I am pushing myself to make the house beautiful for the holiday. My daughter's fiancee's father just passed away from cancer. So, I will be there for her. My son just turned 18 - my XH reached out at 9pm and asked son to meet him at burger king. Gave him a card with some money / a "Jesus Saves" necklace - completely out of character - and a cassette tape that XH had made articulating his memories and expressing that now that he is living a "clean" life he wants son to turn to him for advice,etc. Son came home and just sobbed. I told him how sorry I was for the pain he was going through - said that his dad was reaching out to him and that son could define the boundaries of any relationship he wanted. It was tough.

Anyway - work is a mess / life is a mess / holiday blues - but I'm going to make it through!

I am so thankful for this board and for the advice and support given. I don't know what I would have done without this place!