Cadence, I just laughed when I read your last few lines about being almost afraid to type it out on paper. That's exactly what I felt yesterday after I hit "submit"- that oh my, I've really exposed the underbelly of this ugliness now.
But even if that happened, and someone judged your for what you've said here about step-parenting, your words have given me a surge of hope and encouragement, that maybe I did MOSTLY the best I could, and in a lot of ways, it kind of IS a no-win situation. I will be reading your words from this post several times. Thank you for your honesty.
And Ownit, THANKS A LOT FOR GETTING TRUMP ELECTED. I KNEW you watched too much TV. Obviously. And if you could just lay off those Diet cokes, geez.
Seriously, you're right. I'm on the fast forward train, and acting like the train has left the station, but in truth, the next train hasn't even arrived yet. I may take a cruise ship instead anyway. Trains are over-rated.
M-60 H-51 M-14 years BD 12/26/16 S 1/1/17
"First the pain, then the rising." Glennon Doyle Melton
