Absence Makes the Heart…Lonely
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I don’t think I will ever get used to my daughter being away from me every other weekend. In fact, I cannot fathom what went through my ex-husband’s head when he left and knew that he was giving up time with Gigi. He fully understood right away that he would have far less time with his won daughter. Who makes that kind of decision willingly? I would do almost anything to have my baby girl in the house with me each and every night. She is a comfort to me, a joy, and my brightness.
When I first started having to allow Gigi to go to her father’s every other weekend, I was back in school full time and in all actuality I just filled each of those weekends with homework and writing papers. I did my work ahead of time so that the weekends where Gigi was home would be completely free for the two of us to just have a great time together.
Now school is finished and my move is done. The weekends where Gigi is away are hard. I have plans with some girlfriends for dinner out Saturday, but I still would trade that for time with my daughter. I dropped her off at school this morning and her dad picked her up this afternoon. I will not see her until Monday morning. I cannot describe how hollow I feel.
I suppose it is a good thing that I will not “get used” to her being gone. When anyone is that important to you, being apart is painful.
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