My youngest asked me today, "Daddy, what is purgatory".  It was something she had to write about for a school assignment.  I must admit, I had to think a little bit before answering.  This wasn't because I didn't know the answer, the truth is that I was very tired and my mind was elsewhere at the time...

Last week I visited my wife's best friend.  Ostensibly this was to trouble-shoot her PC, but obviously any other information I might ‘pick up' was a bonus.  That's not to say that she tells me very much, mainly small snippets that I have to read between the lines to glean any information. 

...something comes along and knocks you down.

I thought I was doing so much better. My son went away for 9 days with his mother. I had a really hard time, but the report back was that he was doing okay on this visit, which made me feel much better about the whole thing.

I drove to California to pick him up the day before Mother's Day, and I met with his mother for a bit before she went back to her house. There wasn't much for us to say to eachother, so I guess that means I have come to realize there is nothing left but memories. As I was putting my son in my car and getting ready to leave,

So after months of using wiki I find myself writing a blog. So what's changed - I've been much happier since my x2b is no longer in the same house as me even though there appears to be a new (boy) friend on the scene!

Yesterday my 7 year old told me about visiting some friends for a BBQ with her sister, mum, mum's (boy) friend and his daughter. They'd gone to visit some friends of my x2b and myself that I'm still quite friendly with.

It struck me that my children have moved away from me slightly - they now have new (boy) friend as a substitute for dad when they a re not with me!

I guess I