Tuesday, June 21, 2022


My lilacs are blooming and my tomatoes are starting to flower.  The sun is shining today and my girlfriend and I are meeting up to visit greenhouses and then she's staying for a BBQ.  I love that woman.  She is the sister I never had.


Me and the big guy on holidays seven years ago.  I love that guy.  He has cataract surgery this Friday so the eye drops started this morning.  

Not really much going on.  We're off for two weeks but staying home to catch up on life.  There are some projects around the house that need doing and I hope to take Miss Katie to Fort Edmonton.

Jack will be back with us on Thursday evening.  I always worry about him when he's with his mom.  Although we have permanent guardianship, we don't have day to day parenting of him, she does.  However, we do have the same rights as a parent and can intervene if she starts using or drinking again and we have proof of it.  She's starting to fall apart already and I know I should feel some empathy for her but I don't.  I just worry about Jack.  He's my priority.  




12 comments:

  1. Beautiful garden! And yes, Jack is your priority. She's a grown ass adult woman who chooses drinking over her child's safety.

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  2. What a lovely garden and hello to the happy couple, good luck with the surgery and all. In a tiny way, I share your concerns for Jack, from a distance but with great respect for your dedication.

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  3. Aaahhh what a beautiful picture of you guys!

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  4. Love the beautiful photo of the two of you! Shopping in greenhouses has become exciting to me in my older age. I adore shopping for plants! I wish we could have more control over people who are going off the rails. As you said, your priority has to be Jack. Gracie is, unfortunately, out of your control.

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  5. I know I've said it before but the way your yard absolutely explodes into bloom after your harsh winters amazes me every year. It's so very awesome.
    I hope your dear man's surgery goes well and of course Jack is your priority. May all be well there, too.

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  6. I love your garden. It is so colourful.
    Your two week holiday at home sounds perfect. Sometimes we just need to quietly be. Greenhouses (I assume they are what we call nurseries) are lovely places to while away the hours. I should spend more time in them if it would make my garden look like yours. Jack will be fine. He has a hard road to travel with his mum but he has you and the big guy.

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  7. Your garden looks great! Hope you enjoy your BBQ. And how could you not worry about Jack? I think that makes perfect sense.

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  8. Gorgeous garden and a lovely portrait of you and the big guy. Jack being your priority is as it should be, hope he's doing ok while he's away from you. Keeping a good thought.

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  9. Your garden is looking great and may I say - so un-Canadian given your short growing season. Nice picture of you and The Big Guy.

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  10. I absolutely love that picture of you two. In it I see it all: the heartbreak, the joy, the battle with depression, the tenacity to keep going and the love. It is achingly human.

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  11. That pix of you both was a Joy to behold, you need to take some more. I'm usually behind the Lens too much and it's been the Kiddos who tell me I need to step in front of the Lens more often.

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