A Little Girl in the Middle November 8, 2007
Posted by Conrad Hubbard in : The Chip , trackback“Daddy, mommy is not here. She is with Dan in California.”
I am crushed. Again. My estranged wife has been continuously asking me to keep in touch with her daughter, despite the fact that none of her kids are mine. I have flipped back and forth on this, trying to balance my fears that the little one will be hurt with some sense of mental self-preservation. But there it is again: every time I try to make one little girl happy, I get stabbed in the heart. She doesn’t even know what has happened – she is just trying to tell me that mommy isn’t there to talk to me.
Comments»
I grieve for you and for the little girl, and for the same reason: both of you feel abandoned by the same person. However, that is exactly why you should absolutely keep in touch with the girl! And when she says her mommy isn’t there to talk with her, you should say — truthfully — “Honey, I wasn’t calling to talk with her, I want to talk with you!” And tell her how much you miss her, and you still love her, and ask what she wants for Christmas, and so forth.
God bless you and your kids.