Playgroup

"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold." ~ Ogden Nash

Today was Kyle’s playgroup. We missed last week because the coordinator was sick. Plus we weren’t planning on going since we went to bed so late the night before. Kyle had fun. When we got there, we have to wait in the lobby until the coordinator comes to get us. Well, Kyle was ready to go play right away and wanted to go into the playroom early! So I had to hold him back and distract him with other things until it was time to go play.

One of the others moms really opened up to all of us today. After hearing what she’s going through, I really feel bad for her and I understand how she feels about keeping her family together and making it work. She wants to make her family a family and get married to her son’s dad. She wants that commitment from him. She said they have been together for 5 or 6 years now. She said he’s never home and when he is, he’s at the office. She thinks she’s found evidence of him cheating too. I had so many things going through my head when she was telling me about her man being away from home, but I didn’t voice them. It’s not like she wants to split her family apart, she is trying to make it work but it sounds one-sided. She’s already talked to a lawyer too. Anyway, I feel bad for her having to go through this. She needs to think about her happiness as well as her son’s well being. Her first priority, she said, is her son.