So the hearing got scheduled with a different judge for tomorrow afternoon. 90% sure the kids are moving Friday.
They came home mostly good. Although its bedtime and I still hear several children awake.
Jelly Bean tried to complain about her Mom's lack of refereeing. We started to break the news about moving home "really soon". Gabby tried to make an argument for finishing out the school year. She's the only one who cried.
LM hugged and hugged us when she got home. MM didn't seem to be affected by any of it.
We managed to explain all of this in a upbeat way. We had the conversation in the car which worked well. Gabby's final request was that she know as soon as possible and we assured her that we would tell her the date as soon as it was final.
It went better than I expected. Hopefully, that will continue to be the case.
Now I've got a massive headache and I'm crying again. I think it's time to take a pain pill of some kind and go to sleep. Somehow I've got to pack 4 kids up in the next 3 days and get my butt to work....
Long Overdue Update
Well hello there! It has been years since I've written and published a post and recently I've had the idea that maybe this year was ...
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ReplyDeleteYour doing great! I am very proud of U. Been there done that. Its the hardest thing to do. The way its being handled puts u in a positiveposition with the kids and mom. Making it very likely u will have a continued position in there lives. I cannot even count how many "children" I have. Its wonderful when they keep in touch. Its a hard transition. But its wonderful when it works out well.
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