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My kids Dad and SM

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I have stated before that we have a great co-parent relationship, I am not here to vent on them, it is more I feel really bad for them!

They moved to California in January, we are on the east coast. We have done semi-long distance before, they were stationed about 3.5 hours away. It was a pain but we made it work. The kids went 1-2 times per month and extended holiday's and school breaks. They also made huge efforts to be here for things like band concerts, and other school functions.

Mixed feelings and I realize I am being petty

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I had a wonderful mother's day. My bio's each got me a piece of jewelry (it was their stepmom who helped, so it was super sweet). Nothing expensive but one was a delicate bar necklace with a mama bear and 4 cubs behind her. The other was a pea pod necklace with pearls colored to each of the 4 kids birth stones. 

Mother's Day

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I am trying to help my kids come up with a good mother's day gift for their stepmom. They are being very generic this year... so no help! LOL

I was thinking about doing one of those wine glass tumblers that you can get personalized... The stainless steel ones. They just moved to southern California so I would think it would be nice to have for the summer and beaches and pool. What do you guys think? 

She likes the whole "bonus mom" thing- so whatever... LOL I was thinking:

"Badass Bonus Mom"

Imputed Income?

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We got the doctors notes from SS's 4 specialists- Good news is the doctors are listening to us!! The rheumatologist stated that he is not comfortable making a diagnosis at this time. The cardiologist said that his symptoms has cleared and he has "out grown" POTS. The gastroenterologist said he is progressing normally and doesn't need to see him for a year. Now we just have to get through to the geneticist for the EDS and SS14 will be a healthy normal kid!! 

Why? Why? Why??????

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I sent an email to our lawyer last week asking a few questions. He didn't respond. I emailed again this morning saying " Can you just please reassure us that the 29th is a solid hearing date so we can get plane tickets and that we aren’t going to be limited in court to only talk about the contempt? We can talk about the rest later. "

He responds back with :

Saw A Quote

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"A step parent doesn't just marry a spouse: They marry their spouses entire situation.

They have to find a balance between supporting and defending with out over stepping visiblie and invisble boundaries."

 

Got the court date!

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I was in tears yesterday. I called our lawyer to find out if they had the date. He was out of the office but his secretary told me that we did get it, it was the day before my kids leave for California for 9 weeks and 2 days after DH reports to his new command. I didn't even know what to do, so I sat at my desk and cried for a little while trying to figure out how to make it all work- Well, it won't. 

 

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