Yesterday I took my daughter to her child psychologist for her appointment. She's been going for about a month and her therapist invited me in on the session. About half-way through, she excused Aislinn (my d) and talked to me alone. Finally some good news!!! She said Aislinn is a pretty solid little girl (she's 11) with a good understanding of what's going on. And the therapist said she's handling this pretty well primarily because of me!!! She said I am a VERY GOOD MOTHER!!!! She also agreed with me that H is introducing OW too soon and that it will probably backfire and that my d (and probably sons too) are feeling very confused by all this. Just 6 months ago we were still together and a family. Now dad has moved out and shacked up with this new girlfriend. She also told me that my telling the kids the truth about OW (without the gory details) was the right thing to do. She said she felt that the truth was always best for kids. They can deal with it. I feel somewhat better knowing I'm not damageing my kids. The therapist asked how I was doing and I told her the truth. I have bad days and not so bad days. Nothing approaching a good day yet, but I'm still hoping. Anyway, I just thought I would share this little bit of good news with everyone. Sort of made my day, ya know? <P><P>------------------<BR>Blessed be.<BR>****************<BR>Keridwen<P>Keridwen_7@yahoo.com

{{{{KERI}}}}}}}<P>Of course you are a great mother!! Kids are a lot tougher than we think sometimes!!! That is great. My 2 oldest are 7 and 9 and they are in counseling too. They have had straight A's this year and including since their dad left. See the rest of my reply to you on my thread! Dana<BR>

Keri,<P>Glad to hear your kids are doing well. Its your turn next!<P>Bob