Thanksgiving

You would think that after almost 9 years that my ex wife would change... but no.

Back on the fall break last month, Alex and Andy and my family planned a trip to disneyland instead of a big Thanksgiving dinner. The only catch... my ex wife needed to follow the rules of the agreement and give me the boys tonight at 7pm.

I told the boys, that if there is any sort of messing around with the pick up time or that if their mother wanted to keep them for thanksgiving than the entire trip was going to be cancelled... they said that it would be no problem.

So, I sent a letter 3 weeks ago, outlining the trip, when I was going to pick up the boys and when I would drop them off, then last night I called and left a reminder call that I would be picking the boys up at 7pm tomorrow... and my ex wife called back and said. "you can't have them until noon on thursday, I don't care what the court agreement says" then she hung up. I called back and explained that if she didn't call me back and tell me that I could pick them up at the correct time that i would cancel the entire trip and that she should tell the boys that disneyland was off.. that I would't be coming.

I didn't get a call back.

I called the school today to talk to Andy, to tell him that I love him and that we had a birthday party planned for him at disneyland, but that his mother called and said that I couldn't pick him up a the right time, so the trip has been cancelled.

I have spoken to the principal, and he is going to have Andy call me at lunch.. my guess is that it won't happen... but he said that he would relay the message to Andy.

that I love him and happy birthday.

I will spend my thanksgiving here in Tulsa with M, her parents and Sammy.

i have hole in my heart, but after 9 years, I will not be jerked around anymore.. the boys know that I love them.. and at 12 and nearly 14, it is time for them to stand up for me. If they don't now, they probably never will.

Nobody in this world can say that I haven't tried.