School is winding down. I met with my kids' guidance counselors and principal to catch up on their progress this year. It's been a mixed bag for them academically, which is completely understandable considering the turmoil in their lives right now. My daughter struggled with several subjects but should pull through ok. Math and science have never been easy for her. She's a bit of a social butterfly and tends to focus on activities and friends more than her school work. I tell people she will be Mayor some day. She has that wonderfully charismatic personality. All she needs now is to focus her studies. My son, on the contrary, was very focused and did quite well in his classes. Last month he earned an academic award for 3 consecutive marking periods on honor roll. I am so proud of him and wish I could have been there to see him walk across the stage to receive his award. He must have been beaming from ear to ear.
Both my children have class trips they will be going on. I sent each of them a card with a little extra spending money for their trips. My daughter will have an end of year concert that I would love to go to, and I'm sure my son's baseball season is in full swing. My children told their law guardian they do not want me at their sporting events and extracurricular activities without being invited. What do you think are the odds of my being invited? My daughter has always loved to act and sing and my son has always been into his sports. I coached my son's baseball team for years and loved every minute spending time with him and his friends. I like seeing them enjoy those activities.
They will both spend their summer at various day camps. Most likely my son will go to a few sports camps and my daughter will go to a few church camps. I remember all the fun we had each summer dropping them off at a week long church camp in the Adirondacks. We would go hiking together and have a nice dinner. Sometimes my father and step mother would join us. I hope my children remember and cherish those good times as much as I do. I'm sure they are still having good times in the summer.
Father's Day - third one without my children and not so much as a phone call from them. I wonder if they think about me as much as I think about them. My friends and family call, and that means a lot to me, but not nearly as much as if I could hear from my children. I feel my father's pain for all the years I never called him. The irony is mind boggling.
