OMG, so the downside of satellite internet is when the sky opens up with a terrible hail/lighting storm, the internet goes bye bye….along with the post that took you 15min.

So, Steph, to continue- what an incredible ordeal for you and Shyann. And you at 17? I can’t imagine. That poor girl. And the bio father was not involved outside of conception, right? I’m somewhat terrified that something similar (getting to love a child and having them yanked away) will happen if DH ever gets to know his son. See, he gave up parental rights right after the boy was born so that Satan’s (the mother) new mate could adopt the boy. Well, that never happened and after their divorce she started calling. She even had the son call once-totally blindsided us. And because there is no legal way to stay in the childs’ life, I was so worried that she could yank him away. Luckily, DH didn’t bite on what she was “really” offering and she found some other idiot to take care of her.

But I digress to my own problems…
I think you are right in keeping you r distance. Shyann will seek you out one day when she is ready.

OMG, I’m SO weak! Between DH being a prick, the psychotic customer from hell who is screaming at my best plumber for something SHE didn’t do (order a drain for everything else she ordered) and having to go out and TELL one of my other employees to get off the ladder outside (duh, you see that bright stuff? It’s called lighting, and it sure can sting) I caved and had two handfuls of wheat thins and a 100calorie pack of chocolate chex. Now I feel guilty.

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