Four weeks and in St. Louis

We are at the four week mark. In fact, almost to the minute that I got the call. Today we are together: Libby, Sammie, Maddy, Joe, Cheryl, and me, and we are in St. Louis. We are trying to pretend that our upside down life is normal, that we are completely human. 

And we are trying to pretend that our lives that are merged as they are can be completely normal. A whole lotta people wouldn't understand why I'm "vacationing" with my ex-husband and his family (ahem, you can guess).  They can all just suck eggs.  It's my new normal. It helps me keep my sanity. It's the only way we can all share everyone's lives without missing anything. 

So I sit, watching Nick, with Lib beside me and Maddy on my lap. It's not what I would choose, but it's a life. It's just what I've got. It's all that I've got right now.