Today was a fantastic day! The rain was drizzly, but it did NOT ruin our afternoon of commencement exercises for my daughter. For that I am truly thankful.
However, the thing that most impressed me about today was the fact that I no longer let the ex get the better of me. He is not a recent ex. We have been happily (and sometimes NOT so happily) divorced for 17 years. We fight about most things divorced parents fight about, child support, who was going to keep the kids, blah, blah, blah.. but this weekend he shocked me.
He's never been one to be overly accommodating to me personally, but these last couple of days have been different. While I'd like to think that he's changed, I don't think that is it. I think I have..
Through all of the inside and out personal changes I've been making, I think one of two things happened over the past couple of days. 1) I'm spiritually evolving making the little (translated-insignificant) things seem smaller than normal, or 2) I've changed so much that he either didn't know how to act, or what I would say next.
We had the most delightful time talking, reliving old memories and caring for our children together, as it should have been for so long now. There were no arguments, no snarky comments, no personal digs at one another. It was pleasant... until it wasn't.
However, since I'm not focusing on the not so positive things anymore, I won't go into details.
Just know that my beautiful daughter (and did I mention last child) graduated high school today. I'm so excited I can barely contain my enthusiasm any longer.
