Rebuilding Rob

Driving back from “Future Badger orientation” at the University of Wisconsin this past weekend, it occurred to me that Kid 1 graduates from high school roughly 6 weeks.

I know some parents get emotional at this time – particularly thinking about the end if the kid’s childhood. In some cases, this is even further complicated by the fact that it ends up being the time their kids move out, or move away to college. As for me, I’m not really experiencing those emotions because Kid 1 doesn’t – and hasn’t – lived with me on a daily basis since he was 5.

But I wish he did. I’d give almost anything to be experiencing those mixed emotions of pride in his accomplishments, and dread over knowing that he wasn’t going to be right in front of me everyday. it would be worth is to have those 10-15 years of memories. But I don’t.

Kid 1 and I have a great relationship, don’t get me wrong. But I also know it will never be what it could have been if things worked out between X 1 and I.

But they didn’t work out. So he and I made the best of the situation. I was not one of those people who would have stayed married “for the kids”. That is one thing for which I have zero regrets. Some people believe that couples should stay together for their children. I disagree. Kids need to see their parents Halley. In the very least, they need examples of how marriages and relationships are supposed to be. x1 and I couldn’t do that – for him , for each other and certainly not for ourselves.

Just some random thoughts going through my head as we inch closer to kid 1’s graduation

I think it’s time I fire up “pomp and circumstance“ on my Spotify playlist…

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