Absence
Hey there gang!!!! Okay, sorry for the long absence, but life has been hectic at best for me the last several months. I was riding high on life, but as you know; when you have the ups, you soon will get the downs!!!!
To start off, in March with less then 7 weeks of school left, they tell me that I have been paid incorrectly all school year long. To make a long story short, I battled using the union to a mediocre result at best. So, basically it ends up that I will have no summer paychecks and will have to work a second job this year. I was hoping that for once in my life I would not have to work a second or even a third job. Anyway, that is not that big of a deal. I am used to garbage like this, but then the second strike hit me.
Then the big bomb hit me. My eldest daughter who has been a problem on and off for a long time, well, she has decided that she does not want to be a part of our family. So, I have been battling myself as to what I should do. Do I force her to be a part of our family? Do I let a 12 year old have her way? How can she just give me up without a fight? What is her motive and how do I find out when she want talk?
So, what do I do? I do not want to lose my daughter, but I do not want to force her to do something she doesn’t want to do. Do I give her more time? Do I cut her off all together? My problem is that my family was on of the rare ones that my parents stayed together until my father’s untimely death. I have never been one of those statistics where divorce affected my family until mine.
Help!!!!! She will not go back to counseling and will not talk to me other then telling me that she does not want to be a part of our family. Could her mother have something to do with this just to spite me? Why would she, though, we have been on fairly good terms as of late other then the asking her to meet half way due to the higher gas prices. She does not like that. Also, I refused to pay for the braces on an 8 year old, could that have driven her to do this? Am I over analyzing the whole thing?
I am so frustrated right now it is just ridiculous. Actually, I would never want to lose a child to death, but it almost feels as if I have. Or is this worse because she is alive and I know that she is not happy with her dad and does not want to be with him.
So, this is where I have been for the past several months. I wish I had better news to report like I won the lottery or something of that nature. I apologize for the long absence, but it was unavoidable. Ugh!!! If you can help, it would be appreciated. Thank you.
Hey there gang!!!! Okay, sorry for the long absence, but life has been hectic at best for me the last several months. I was riding high on life, but as you know; when you have the ups, you soon will get the downs!!!!
To start off, in March with less then 7 weeks of school left, they tell me that I have been paid incorrectly all school year long. To make a long story short, I battled using the union to a mediocre result at best. So, basically it ends up that I will have no summer paychecks and will have to work a second job this year. I was hoping that for once in my life I would not have to work a second or even a third job. Anyway, that is not that big of a deal. I am used to garbage like this, but then the second strike hit me.
Then the big bomb hit me. My eldest daughter who has been a problem on and off for a long time, well, she has decided that she does not want to be a part of our family. So, I have been battling myself as to what I should do. Do I force her to be a part of our family? Do I let a 12 year old have her way? How can she just give me up without a fight? What is her motive and how do I find out when she want talk?
So, what do I do? I do not want to lose my daughter, but I do not want to force her to do something she doesn’t want to do. Do I give her more time? Do I cut her off all together? My problem is that my family was on of the rare ones that my parents stayed together until my father’s untimely death. I have never been one of those statistics where divorce affected my family until mine.
Help!!!!! She will not go back to counseling and will not talk to me other then telling me that she does not want to be a part of our family. Could her mother have something to do with this just to spite me? Why would she, though, we have been on fairly good terms as of late other then the asking her to meet half way due to the higher gas prices. She does not like that. Also, I refused to pay for the braces on an 8 year old, could that have driven her to do this? Am I over analyzing the whole thing?
I am so frustrated right now it is just ridiculous. Actually, I would never want to lose a child to death, but it almost feels as if I have. Or is this worse because she is alive and I know that she is not happy with her dad and does not want to be with him.
So, this is where I have been for the past several months. I wish I had better news to report like I won the lottery or something of that nature. I apologize for the long absence, but it was unavoidable. Ugh!!! If you can help, it would be appreciated. Thank you.
posted by Brewster at 6:53 AM
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