Red says, “I wish even if you and daddy are divorced you would get along.”
I verbally reply, “yeah, that would be good.”
I mentally reply, “Maybe if your dad was good to you and Hively and deserved any amount of respect from me on the job he does with you two, that would happen. Maybe if he arranged for you to both have a bed at his house much less a room there. Maybe if he took you to see the Easter Bunny with his “new” child instead of mailing you pictures of him at the mall with Mr. Bunny. Maybe if he planned his little trips out of town on a weekend when he didn’t have you or arranged to be in town to spend his holidays with you. Maybe if he loved you enough, even more, at least as much as I do, the way a parent should love their children, maybe then we could get along. But it just aint gonna happen.”L
Red says, “Daddy said maybe he might get rid of the couch in the sitting room where I sleep and get a daybed or couch with a bed in it so I can have a bed to sleep on when I am there.
I say, “Well, would that be your room then?
She says, “Well that is where I sleep.”
I say, “What about Hively?”
She says, “Well he usually only stays one night there and one at Mamaw’s so I am there more than he is but if he wants to sleep in the bed with me I will let him.
I just make a “ohhmmmyeah” type of sound.
Hively says, “Daddy’s computer has a big nice screen.”
I say, “Oh Daddy has a computer? Do you play on it?”
He says, “No, because it is upstairs and we can’t go up there and play because the little half brother cries for us to come down and play with him and we have to.
I say, “Oh isn’t that supposed to be your room?”
He says, “Yeah” very discouraged like and we quit talking about it.
Just a few conversations that took place in our home over the holiday weekend. Then we went to my sisters and played with our puppy Edmund and visited with cousins and had a beautiful lunch and a great day with the people we cherish most in this world.
I also told Red that I remember Easter 10 years ago. When I was pregnant with her and it was at the start of April and a few days later she arrived. It was hot in early April that year and I was massive and anxious and excited about my beautiful baby coming into my life. I can’t believe she is going to be in the 2 digits, a whole decade old. I’m sure I will have more to say on that soon but right now I must go because I am sinus infected sick and I must get to my doctor appointment.
P.S. A piece of advice, if you are sick, stay home from work because you are going to get me sick and I only have ½ the vaca/sick time as you but because I am a single mom with 2 kids on Spring Break Vacation, I don’t get to lay around the house sick and resting like you do. So for the love of all that is good in this world, use a few days of that 4 week vaca/sick plan of yours and stay home if you are sick!
