I'm having a rough week for some reason. I'm back in the full blown woes of my wife leaving. I did run 4 miles this morning and feel a little better but... I guess it just takes time to recover.

My D had a basketball tourney this weekend and my W and I had absolutely no contact with each other. Since she has moved out we do not talk at all. When she picks up or drops off my D she sits in the car and leaves immediately. I'm not sure what to do, I guess it is what it is. She does not want to communicate with me at this point and i cannot force her to do so.

My wife left after she played to go see a mutual friends daughter play basketball and did not come back for the awards ceremony portion of the tourney. My D was upset with the coach so I tried listening, mirroring and validating. I hope it eased her feelings some.

Going through a sales training class I realize that when conflict happens I tend to avoid it, by shutting down. I don't remember being like that when I was younger, but I need to work on proper management of conflict. Any suggestions on a book???

You can not change your past, but you can ruin a perfectly good present by worrying about the future.