Where has time gone?! I feel like this past year or so has gone by so fast. Amanda starts kindergarten in less than a month, how did that happen!?! I'm not ready for that. I remember school, and the kids were so mean. I just pray she doesn't have a hard time in school.
My husband hasn't really spent anytime with his children in over 3 years. That started because he got arrested for drugs. He's been clean ever since and has finally got his life back in order and now they don't want to have anything to do with him. I know that having an addict for a parent isn't easy. My dad was alcoholic, wait, he still is; however, now he is a functioning alcoholic. I can remember him being arrested for DWI, visiting him in treatment centers, him being so drunk he couldn't walk. I know that they have a lot of resentment towards him, because he was being selfish and making horrible decisions. Anyways, back to the bad advice. He had joint custody and was paying child support but still wasn't seeing them. So I told him, to fight for his children. I told him that they may not appreciate it now, but when they are older they will look back and say that dad didn't give up on us, he fought for us. Don't think that he didn't want to do something, he did, it tore him up that his kids didn't want to see him. He would cry when he would talk about rubbing Keeley's back until she fell asleep, coaching Tyler's little league, etc. He missed them so much, but he didn't want to make them see him. So, he finally decided to follow my advice, well months later, no progress, and the kids won't have anything to do with him or me. All I can do is pray, pray for restoration for that family. They don't see it now, but they need each other. He needs them in his life, I can tell that he isn't whole without them. Faith, that's what I am doing, I'm having faith. Faith, that one day, they will have an amazing relationship again.
