THINK SEVEN DWARFS BEFORE SNOW WHITE SHOWED UP

Those you begin to have a ‘relationship’ with…. Somehow become those you rely on to help with the kids. But, that is not necessarily what the other person wants from this relationship.
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The minute you begin to think you are getting things sorted is the moment it begins to fall apart.
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It all catches up with you. The kids have somehow become lazy and spoiled and you have become the servant who does it all with no help and just sass.
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There are plenty of people I can do things with – I just have no one I can do nothing with. But when you start to spend time with someone… the kids have a negative reaction. Then you are divided… you don’t want the hassle with the kids.. but you would like human touch of another adult of the male variety.
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The house is a wreck… Think seven dwarfs before Snow White showed up.
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You can clean out the closets... but there are some pieces you can not part with.
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Much to my children's demise... we did not buy a convertible. But, should my pocketbook have allowed such a purchase... it is very possible I may have.
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In the end you survive... as do the children... and you start to thrive a little. You never forget the one has passed and for me we just try to make him as much a part of our daily lives as we can.