Well.... It's Sunday.

After school on Tuesday, my daughter went to a friend's place because I was working late.

I worked late again on Thursday, so she got off the bus and went to see our retired neighbors, where they fed her and made a fuss about her.

Friday she had plans with friends. I got invited to the neighbors for after dinner treats. My oldest and his GF arrived at the house just when I was leaving, so they joined me.

An hour later DD was on her way home and stopped in there too. There was lots of music, food, and card games for the evening.

Saturday afternoon the kids had friends in. Two of them left and went offroading for a while.

I fed everyone dinner and drove friends home, then we all went to see other neighbors for the evening and played board games there.

It's times like this that I go..... Why wasn't she happy here? What did she think was more or better? We're blessed. The kids are healthy and they love each other. We have a good home. I have a good job with a good mix of income and hours. I'm an involved Dad who wanted a family life. Why didn't she want this life, or why did she turn away from it?

It was raining Saturday night, and other than that it was dead silent here. This was so simple and so good.

RDMercer