3/6/25 Since posting last, a lot has changed in our lives. My older daughter broke up with her long-time boyfriend and moved on to someone new, my sister is in a serious relationship for two years or so now, my niece and nephew are no longer children, and my younger daughter has not only quit her second job (more than eight months now), but she’s stopped calling or texting me. In fact, both my daughters have ghosted me. Until a…
May 30, 2023 Wow, time goes fast and things change on a dime (but cost a LOT of dollars!). My dear daughter is halfway to 30 years old, alive and healthy, and somewhat stable. She doesn’t talk to me much, but there’s been no falling out or anything earth-shattering (that I’m aware of). That’s not to say she hasn’t had her issues and pissed me off here and there. Job: She got a job 7 months ago at a software…
4/9/22 A few weeks ago, my husband and I were sitting at home after the workday, deciding if we were going to hike, work out, or go to yoga. Just a low-key, easy evening. It was interrupted by an emotional call from my formerly (and still sometimes) troubled daughter’s boyfriend, whom she lives with. He said he didn’t know what to do. They had gotten into a fight in the car after he picked her up from work and she…