Judique
Dis Veteran, Beach Lover at BWV, BCV, HHI, VB
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2003
Ya'll are inspiring me with the talk about trips to the world. Maybe I'll plan one of my own. I haven't been since 2001 and I know there are so many changes I'd like to see. I'm going to ask my girlfriend if she'd like to go, I don't think I'm ready for a solo trip just yet. She wants us to go to HI but the cost and her husbands approval is holding things up. She is going to come to MD and visit me in April though. Maybe we can work something out Disney wise while she's here. Fingers crossed.
I got a text from Summer earlier today. She said she wrote me a message on Monday, but forgot to hit send. I called her out on it. I said the words you used were 'I'll call you later'. If you really wrote me a message and didn't hit send, it's still in your draft folder. You could have just hit send today and I would have gotten it. Instead you write me a totally new message. I'm not buying it and I'm not letting her think I am. I'm really so over her right now.
This just came to me. She was having some health issues and I lost track of what it all was. How is all that going?
Do you think she's struggling with an attention issue? You were his wife, not her mother at the time of his death. She was free to drop by and see you guys. Now she has to deal with all of it in a different way. Perhaps she has some misplaced resentment that she feels uncomfortable about, as she darn well knows that you did your best to take care of Don during the last 20 plus years, as well as both of you catering to her missteps and trying to help her with her family and health issues. While he was there, it was easier for her to lean on both of you for mental support. Now, you need closure and she no longer has what she had, a connection to you through Don, plus full attention.
I can remember 'growing up' when each of my parents passed on. For my father I was married and had our family, but I still felt the loss. I was 29 then. Later when my mother passed I was slightly over 40. So long as you have a parent you somehow can feel someone is there for you. I know she still has her mother, but often the death of a parent makes us face our own mortality, and maybe grow up a bit.
I guess I'm seeing you trying to make peace with your loss of Don and trying to keep your world together (and you are doing a great job, as seen in thinking forward to a future possible Disney visit). Summer has a world of drama of her own, and it's probably more than you want to be involved in right now at this minute as you move yourself forward.
The thing is, time is needed to let things settle into the best outcome, where you can honor Don by staying connected to his family, yet keep some arm's length where it doesn't take over your life. I hope it all works out for both of you.