Kenz Update

As promised I am going to update you on the Kenz situation. Well, since Christmas break, which she spent most of it at our house, she has really been on me about living with me. She has sent me several emails expressing her wishes and here is the kicker; she has figured out her mom.

She basically said to me in her email that she wants to talk to mom about it, but knows that her mom will start the water works to make her feel guilty. I wanted to tell Kenz welcome to my world because that is how her mom got what she wanted or won the fights. That is my biggest down fall because I can not stand crying.

Now, what do I do? I want what is best for her, but I know this is going to be a huge battle. Kenz has told me her reasons for wanting to live with us and I stand by her decision but now how do we go about this. My wife tells me I should be up front with her mother and just let her know what is going on and see if she will budge. Well, I know the tears will start flowing or the words surely will.

I was thinking about keeping it secret and taking all of the documents to the lawyers and push for this. As I said, I know it will be an expensive ordeal and a pretty ugly one. The kids will be the ones who will suffer the most. They will get caught in the middle and sadly I know words will be slinging. I have apologized to both girls for things I have said about their mom and now I try to wait until they are gone. Their mom still says things about me in front of them because Kenz tells me she isn’t very nice about me in any way.

So, what do I do? I want what is best for the kids and what will make them happy. It isn’t about me!!!! Although, I will admit, part of me has come alive again that one of my kids wants to be with me. What is the correct path to take? Do I be secretive and in a way vengeful or do I take the higher road and talk to her or is there another solution that I am missing? Please help!!!!

Game Over

Well, the season is over, but it was full of memories. We had our semi-final game last night and it did not go well. To start, it was raining and cold since a cold front went through. Okay, for most of you, it was warm, but for someone who has been in Florida too long, 48 degrees is cold.

We lost 5-1 against Southeast. Southeast went undefeated this year except for one tie, which was against us earlier in the year. Needless to say, we did not play our best. They scored three goals which they would not have if our sweeper had gotten the ball out from in front of the goal. Then on offense, we should have scored 3 goals if we had crashed the net after shots were made.

On the bright side, I have seen so much improvement in all of the players. It has been a fun ride that I wouldn’t have traded for anything. Next year, I plan on being a bit more aggressive in our games. We were just learning about each other and seeing where every one fit in the scheme of things. Since I am getting most of my players back, we will just build upon where we left off.

Now, in my next entry, we will talk about Kenz as I promised. It is a long story and I may have more of a conclusion to it after tomorrow anyway. I am going to print up an email that she sent me and give it to her mom and just tell her mom to read it and that we need to talk. As I said, we will talk more soon.

My Apologies

Sorry gang that it has been so long since I have had any words of wisdom or thoughts to share. We have had soccer, soccer, soccer and I have not had a minute to myself since we went back to school.
Next week is districts and we are ranked fifth, which makes me very proud of the boys. We are playing the fourth ranked team for the first game. This is a team that we beat earlier in the year, so I think the boys are up to the challenge. We shall see what happens because we have a game tomorrow night and I am hoping injury free. If we can go injury free, we will be heading into districts as strong as we possibly can.
When we defeat them, we will take on the winner of the North Port – Manatee game. North Port we split our games with them, so we have a good chance there, but if Manatee wins, we were slaughtered by them earlier this year. I am excited, though, for the boys and for us. It has been a wonderful year and I will miss the boys.
Next time after districts and I settle back in to real life, I will update you all on the Kenzie saga. There have been some new developments that I would like to share and get your input on. I am totally aggravated with the whole thing and need some suggestions.
Take care.