I cannot remember how many
single mom's came to us after the divorce and were totally devastated
because they didn't know what was ahead. Lets put ourselves in a
courtroom during a divorce hearing. We have basically (2) or (3)
potential blooming idiots getting ready to prove their stupidity. You
guess who these "stars of the show" are. Well, lets quit the smokescreen
and I will tell you.
The world has changed a lot. Most people
don't know the names of all the cars on the market. Two cars in a family
is common. People are busy and don't want to take the time to shop for
that perfect car. Families with kids want SUV's. Everyone wants energy
efficiency. Instead of asking how much horse power, people are asking
how many miles per gallon.
First, roll up all your windows. Make sure that they are closed
tightly. Shut all your doors as well. When you have done so, start by
cleaning and rinsing your car using a hose. Rule of the thumb is to
start from the roof, making your way down to your car's tires.
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This didn't happen over night. My wife and I separated
seven months before she filed for divorce. We stayed together though. We
still had a sex life, we still did things with each other and we still
took care of one another. Just like we did when we lived together. We
both liked the option of having our own space though. Sure, we missed
each other but it was nice for both of us to have the option of saying
to the other, "I just want to chill at home alone tonight" and send the
other home. I quickly came to a startling conclusion: people
will sing along to anything. The content of the song doesn't matter.
Politics simply don't enter into it. People are really singing along to
the melody, or the bass line or something. What the words actually mean
is immaterial.
Every year when my wife and I filed our taxes some things from MY past
(not hers) would creep up. If we filed our taxes on February 1st, we
were lucky if we got our refund in August. I had a
buy
truck mn that had a manual transmission. My wife cannot drive stick
shift but I had to put her on my insurance because she is has a driver's
license and lived with me. If she had tickets or a DUI from the past, my
insurance would be sky high and I have never had any tickets and I don't
drink and drive. It wasn't a problem for us but it could have
been. Well,
since that was the only plan the three of us were able to come up with
that whole evening, I figured it was destiny. There really wasn't
anything else going on in my life so as dawn arrived we headed for the
Army recruiting office. There were, of course, some tests for me to
take. It all came back to her then, how he'd lain sobbing in his room
across from hers while the man raged in the livingroom, how she'd
slipped into his twin bed with him and wrapped her arms around him until
he was finally asleep, how she'd read chapters of "Charlotte's Web" to
him each night, how he'd raced on his bike through the dark streets the
night they'd finally made their escape. She'd let him in on it early on,
told him all about her plan to find a new place where it would be just
the two of them and how he wouldn't ever again have to lie awake at
night afraid of what was going on in the livingroom or of what he'd see
in the morning as he headed out for school. He'd told no one. It was
their secret. See,
when my dad had his injury, all of the resentment, rage and shame I was
feeling as a full time nanny, just melted away. When I see my dad taking
steps with shaking knees, just like my granddaughter, I know that God
has given me a great job. I am an angel, who teaches the art of walking
in the face of fear.