Mortar Bend: My lonely days are over, and life is like a song...
Mary J Blige  |  by mortarbend.blogspot.com. All rights reserved. 2.04 | 6:27

The Lovely Wife returns from a week in Boston (job training) any minute now. The house is still standing (and just as clean, if not cleaner, than when she left). The cats are still alive.

The Kid is no more or less warped than she was on Sunday. I managed to drop her off and pick her up from school every day this week. I made sure she was reasonably well fed, and had clean clothes to wear.

There weren't too many raised voices, an acceptable minimum of tears (on both sides), and we even had a few laughs along the way.

Despite the fact that I apparently remain borderline competent at parenthood, I'm glad TLW is coming home. I don't know how real single parents handle it day in and day.

In particular, my heart goes out to families that have a spouse and parent serving overseas right now. I can't begin to imagine how much that adds to anyone's daily burden.

I know how hard being a parent is, but it helps to have a reminder.

It also makes me appreciate the fact I have one hell of a partner in TLW.

And she's home! I stand relieved.

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