I'm Such a Sap

re: I'm Such a Sap

Mocha Dad — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:49:04 GMT

Trey,

I understand how you feel about needing a break. I thought that I would be able to write posts for my blog each night. With kids, it's not so easy. I'm truly amazed that you got your kids to clean the room. Mine are like wrecking crews.

re: I'm Such a Sap

Trey — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:17:17 GMT

I know what you mean, Jim. I adore my kids but can also see now, at 45, how wonderful it will be to be a grandparent, part-time showering kids with affection and the rest of the time relaxing on a beach in Costa Rica.

re: I'm Such a Sap

Jim — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:44:08 GMT

I miss my kids too, sometimes deeply. But I also relish the self time I am getting via joint custody.

My thoughts are that we are the best parents we can be when we are the best people we can be. Well rounded, full of live both inside and outside of the parenting relationship. And for sure, I try not to let on to the kids how sad I get or how much I miss them. I celebrate each experience they have away from me, spinning it as positive as possible. Because they have to know and learn that one day they will leave the nest. And that Dad will be planning his around the world trip using the funds he no longer has to spend on THEM!!!

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Tracey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:46:31 GMT

Harold and Kumar? Really? I'll have to check it out. I can't pass up a good comedy. They seem so few and far between these days.

About the kids: I miss my son daily. As I'm driving around rural SC visiting patients I think about him and wonder what he's doing. I can't wait to see him every single day. The first time I left him and my husband and went out of town, I took a photo album with me and I couldn't bear to look at it, knowing it would make me cry. I also called about 20 times a day to see what they were doing. I was only away 2 and 3 days.

<-------------wuss

re: I'm Such a Sap

Melissa — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:26:52 GMT

I do think that a good relationship, though trying at times itself, makes the hard times in life easier. When two share the joy and the burdens, the joy is better and the burdens are lighter. Jeez, I'm a sap, too!

re: I'm Such a Sap

AngelB — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:35:45 GMT

Woohoo Trey! So happy to hear about your new Brady Bunch family! It's great to be surrounded by love! I'm a rom com writer and for me, love makes the world go round! All we need is love! Love is the answer! It's hard for me, being a young widow, but my kids are always showering me with kisses and hugs and piles of love. Love is a many splendored thing!