Happy Birthday, Katie!
My oldest turns 15 today. Sigh...yet another reminder that I'm getting older. First, they start playing 80s music on KOMA. (When the traditional "oldies" station starts playing music from your childhood and teen years, you know you're in trouble.) And now, Katie turns 15 today. It's sort of funny how everything has gone...I still remember the day she was born, 15 years ago. I would never have thought that things would be the way they are. I'm in Oklahoma, so that's probably the only thing I could have predicted that came true. Everything else...the divorce, Katie not even living with me, her living in California, none of the rest...I just couldn't foresee that at all.
I don't get to talk to her much, but I did call her this morning to wish her a happy birthday. I hope she knows how much I love her and miss her.
Here she is last year with her little sister. I don't have anything more recent, though I wish that I did.
2 comments:
Happy birthday Katie! I know what you mean about 80's songs on the oldies stations. I feel the same way when I see toys from the 70's listed as vintage/retro or for sale in an antique mall.
And I can't imagine how difficult it must be for both of you to not see each other as much as you'd like. But you never know what the future holds. After almost 28 years of living in different states, I'm now 10 minutes away from my father. Actually all of us (my dad, mom/step-dad, brother) live in the same suburb. This is the 4th largest city in the US and somehow we all ended up just a few miles from each other. My dad and step-dad work a block away from each other. So incredibly strange. Hopefully it won't take 28 years for you all to be closer :-)
It is very difficult, and it is especially hard to stay patient and let the Lord's plan work out. Katie likely won't ever understand things until she's been out on her own a while...and poor Connor...he's about to turn 11 and thus REALLY needs a consistent male presence in his life. But he's not going to get one, as I'm here and he's there, and his mom really isn't all that interested in serious dating that might lead to another marriage. It makes me sad, and very worried for him.
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