I saw a photo of my daughter recently. She was wearing a sweatshirt and necklace that I bought her as a gift for her birthday. I was very excited to see this, because I haven’t had a relationship with my daughter, or my son, since early 2008. I thought, “she can’t be that mad at me if she’s wearing the gifts I sent her.”


My excitement was squashed when a friend of mine asked if I thought she knew the gifts were from me. This thought hadn't occurred to me. I thought “no, my ex wouldn’t do that”, but then again, I never thought she’d make good on her promise that if anything ever happened to our marriage I would never see my children again. I stayed in a loveless marriage just to be with my kids. I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel disappointed and manipulated.


So, I’ve started this blog in hopes that my children will see it and know how much I love and miss them ~ always have and always will. I will never ever give up on them, and my heart and my door will always be open and waiting, no questions asked. And speaking of questions, maybe reading this will cause them to question some of the things they have heard, or not heard, or been led to believe. They are smart kids, I'm sure they will be able to see through the fog surrounding them eventually.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Happy 18th Birthday Baby Girl!

It's true, my little princess turns 18 on Easter Sunday this year. It's been 7 years since I last gave her a great big birthday hug and smooch. So as she approaches this exciting milestone in her life, I thought I would share with her, and all of you, some of the great memories I have of her and our good times together. We don't stop growing up just because we turn 18. In fact we grow a little faster and it seems like time starts flying by. Little by little we start to realize just how short life is and how important it is to embrace and live every moment with love in our hearts.

Of course, since I'm obviously not that great at keeping up the long writing here on the blog (my last writing was Christmas, what a slacker), it's much easier for me to share these great memories in photos. So they will all be on the Facebook page and I invite you all to stop in there and check them out (see link on the right). I will post often throughout the coming week.

Enjoy the photo trip down memory lane and have a most wonderful birthday Cecilia. I love you very much, as does the whole rest of your family that misses you too. Hugs and kisses xox
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