New Home for Ball and Chain
Well, we have been moved successfully to a new server. Yay!! Big thanks goes to Greyduck and the powers that be for allowing us to keep these blogs. I’m glad I didn’t lose the information here. I have quite a bit that I would want to keep.
And the entries that I might not want to keep give me perspective in reminding me of what I don’t want to become or let happen again. A friend of mine just started divorce proceedings and I warned her to beware that insanity that hits you the first few months. Not to make big huge decisions beyond the ones necessary to divorce. She didn’t believe me so I had her go read my entries from three years ago…
She comes back and says, “Wendi…..you sounded crazy.”
Yes I did. I look back on those entries and just marvel at the state of mind I was in. Journals are so important, whether they be on paper or on a website. The perspective they help give you is very important.
I do have some good news to report. Tadpole started walking on the 27 of March. He took four independant, on purpose, steps. What really made it great was that BG was on cam at the time watching his son stand. So when he took those first steps his dad got to see him. Very important, at least to me. And I can confirm that he does indeed say mama. Of course, it’s only when he’s really really upset and wants me to make him feel better. But it’s undeniable a stream of “mamamamamamama” and he means me. A and E’s first word was dada, which just irked me to no end at the time. So that I’ve got one saying mama is very cool. He knows many other words. If you ask him to say “dada” he smiles and looks towards his dad’s picture. So you know he knows who dada is.
A and E are doing fantastic. I’ve recently made a committment to live the gospel more fully. So I started with making sure my kids understood prayer and what could be said in any given situation. How to talk to our Heavenly Parents and really make that communication time intimate and personal. I can see the most difference in E as she puts into practice what I’ve taught her. A is being more normally nonchalant about the whole thing. Which you have to expect in teenagers. But there is a nicer feel to this home and A and E are not arguing as often. E is also showing more signs of affection and happiness. Which is a good sign. She’s also putting more effort into her school work. I made a deal with her. She gets one hour of horseback riding for two weeks of solid effort at school. It’s motivated her and that’s what is important.
