It is time to start again. School is on the horizon. A is starting a new one and I'm hopeful this school will be a better fit for her. I'm hoping this year will be easier all round. The first year of stepdom was awful, but the second isn't supposed to be much of an improvement.
E's ex is causing everyone a lot of anxiety. She's increasingly unable to handle her dysfunctional marriage or care for her kids. That leaves us stepping up . . . and this isn't easy on me. I rarely see E, which isn't how I imagined marriage would be. I'm convinced that second marriages are an entirely different entity. I wish someone would have explained this earlier. There isn't any honeymoon period, it's all itch.
Anyway, here we all are. My ex is apparently talking marriage with a new love interest, someone A has never met. That may well complicate everything even more. Will there be another step-sibling on the horizon for A? I hope not. She's heartbroken now at not seeing her half-brother now that her father has given up on visitation. I can do little about that other than wait it out and hope that they can reconnect someday.
This transition time is all about hope . . . and change. May we all weather it well . . .
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