I'm sorry to hear that, Bruce. I feel for you. My parents divorced when I was two and my brother and I only did the summer thing with my dad, and only until I was 18. He pretty much wasn't around otherwise. He might have called sometimes, I don't really remember.
The good news is that technology makes it possible to "be there", even if it isn't face to face. Just keep the lines of communication with your daughter open everyday. If you can't be there in person, be there on the phone, by email, on the web cam, whatever you can do and as often as you can do it. It makes such a huge difference in a kid's life. On 3/16/07, Bruce wrote: > > Well today sucks. I thought that going to Iraq and leaving my family > behind > two time was tough, but no way. My wife and I separated today and her and > my > beloved daughter left for South Dakota where she is from. This was no > shock > to either of us as we had discussed this two weeks ago and today was the > day > we both agreed that they would leave. Man was it ever hard to see that car > drive off this morning. Divorce is no fun but losing your only child is > even > harder. Fortunately I will get my kid for a month in the summer and > alternate holidays, and we have a great calling plan for our wireless, and > once they get settled in they will get the web cam set up so we can talk > and > see each other, but still being over 1200 miles away is hard. I am a > survivor though and I know I will get through this. I just wanted to get > this out. Even though most of us have never met, you all are still > considered friends of sorts and so I wanted to talk about this for a > minute. > Thanks for listening (reading). > Now it is off to Dumont Dunes to kick ass on some sand dunes for the > weekend > in the ole quad. Anything to take my mind off of things. > > Bruce > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
