I've been bummed all week long. I've been praying for a family that I don't know directly, I just know some of her family. I come here to ask that this mother please be included in all of your prayers. She needs as many as she can possibly get.

Here's the story...

So, I'm probably going to get flamed for this but I'm going to admit that when DH or I talk to our exes we put the phone on speaker phone. There are two main reasons for this. One is so that the ex cannot email the other partner later trying to say that stuff went on that didn't (yeah, we've had this happen) but the BIGGEST reason is that it eliminates us from having to rehash the other side of the conversation and trying to remember what all was said. If anybody thinks this is wrong, fine, whatever. It works for us and that's all we care about.

So SD9 was on the phone with BM tonight and I could hear the conversation that was going on... BOTH sides of it this time. BM says to SD9, "So... I hear you weren't in school today, how come?" My first thought is, she HAS to be having the school contact her when SD is absent otherwise how would she know that? SD9 continues on to tell her that she missed school because she had an eye appointment. She wanted to know why SD9 didn't go to school AFTER the eye appointment... SD9's not sure because although we can explain things to this child OVER and OVER she STILL somehow never understands.

I'm pretty sure I posted a blog once before that had something to do with the fact that SD's mom doesn't contribute ANYTHING to help with raising her own daughter. But... I seem to be the ONLY one who's getting fed up with it. Money is EXTREMELY tight for us since we have 6 children total to buy for plus our bills and SD's mom doesn't send child support, buy her own daughter birthday gifts (she buys her Christmas presents but she keeps them at HER house and SD's only there about 3 months out of the year) she doesn't help with clothing or school supplies, school fees... NOTHING.