Find out what I (Deesha) am thankful for (plus a challenge to all you co-parents!) in a guest-post I wrote for SingleDad.com. Shout-out to SingleDad founder, RJ Jaramillo, for the opportunity. Here’s an excerpt:
At this time of year, even folks with the hardest of hearts and the biggest axes to grind might pause to reflect on their loved ones with gratitude, however grudgingly. We can probably all think of at least one family (if it’s not our own) where hatchets are buried, even if only temporarily, as the carving knife slices into the Thanksgiving turkey. Thanksgiving is also a time where many, if not most, children of divorce, like mine, are spending it with one parent, and not the other. So this Thanksgiving, I’m encouraging all co-parents who are observing Thanksgiving with their children to consider giving thanks, publicly, for their child’s other parent. Yes, I said it: Give thanks for your ex.
Read the rest here.
Great post! I am also thankful for my ex for an entire list of things, but the sum total is that he is truly a partner in this co-parenting journey. He is willing to get better and help me get better at both parenting and partnering.
Talibah: You said it. “Getting” better. This is a process. We can always turn over a new leaf, try a different approach–just take a hard, honest look at what we’re doing and what we can do better.
I can’t remember if I told you, but Carolyn’s post from this weekend led me to have a good, necessary conversation with the girls…and it led me to my next post for The Faster Times.