I mentioned several weeks ago that I had some problems with Julieanne’s doctor’s office that involved a call to my lawyer (who is super, btw! If you ever need a lawyer in NW Arkansas, I can give you the name of a good one!).  That Wednesday night, I watched an episode of 18 Kids and [...]

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I hung up the phone Monday night feeling kind of like a bitch. Cooperation preceded the feeling. I called Bob to ask about a sore on Julieanne’s hand and foot and a sudden fear of the police. At the end of the fight-free conversation, I thought, wow, I really demonize him sometimes. And then the [...]

Julieanne, who is now 3, and I had our first conversation about God on the way to school this morning. She brought it up. (For any new readers, I am a divorced atheist who shares custody with a Christian.) It went as follows: Julieanne: We go to church everyday. Me: You and your daddy? Julieanne: [...]

The same games Bob played on me while married he has been playing on me while divorced. Really, in retrospect, I should have seen it. I suspected it would happen this way when he suddenly changed from wanting to leave the state to desperately needing to have Julieanne. Nevertheless, I tend to believe the best [...]

How early it starts, the indoctrination! It is my week for Julieanne, and half the way home this afternoon, she talked about church. She’s only two, but knows that when she goes to church with her father, she gets to wear her princess dress and play with toys. If only church always stayed that fun [...]

The encouragement, that is. I don’t know if everyone’s opinions are right, but it sure does help that such different groups of people say the same things to me! In every new problem that crops up, in every new difficult situation, and every time I feel discouraged about the roadblocks separating me from Julieanne, someone [...]

I was not nervous when I showed up at Julieanne’s daycare for their Halloween party. I should have been. Let me back up for those who don’t know the situation. My ex husband (for the purposes of this blog is referred to as Bob) and his girlfriend (whom I will call Beth) co-direct Julieanne’s daycare. [...]

I know that Julieanne is well cared for when she is not with me. Still, it kills me when I drop her off at daycare and she cries. Tonight I dropped her off directly with her father, and immediately those enormous blue eyes filled with tears. She clung to me as hard as she could, [...]

Most people hate Mondays, understandably, but not me. I love Mondays! At least, every other Monday. Mondays are when custody changes over. So I guess it would be more accurate to say I love every other Monday and I hate the other Mondays. When I haven’t seen Julieanne in a week, I get this nervous [...]