It’s Spring Break and my son has gone to stay with his mother until next Sunday. A week with one less body in the house may sound like a nice break but it isn’t. I love my son and it hurts when he’s not here.
March 29, 2008 by The Traveler
It’s Spring Break and my son has gone to stay with his mother until next Sunday. A week with one less body in the house may sound like a nice break but it isn’t. I love my son and it hurts when he’s not here.
I feel the same way sometimes. My daughter stays with me from thursday through sunday each week and I miss her every second she’s not here!
Sometimes it sucks to be a divorced parent.
I hope my son will be able to stay with me through the end of high school. I know he may not be able to but I’m really hoping he will.
It’s not that it “sucks”… it’s just a little disheartening when the child you love so much is apart from you, and you have an overwhelming feeling of emptiness. And I don’t mean the Buddhist version of emptiness, I mean the feeling of having no direction, of not knowing which way is up or down, you know?
I’m right there with you though and know how you are feeling. Next time you see him, make sure you tell him how important he is to you and just how much you miss him when you are apart. I tell my daughter all the time! I call her frequently too when she’s at her mom’s, it helps a bit!
I haven’t called him since he left because I don’t want him to feel like I’m checking up on him. That’s why I have been waiting until Thursday to call.