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- Big ol’ Jet Airliner
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- She’s finally coming home
- The need to speak English in Greece
- When a father is absent in their daughter’s life
- She found out on Facebook and Mr. Disappointment still refused to tell her
- His reply to my email
- She is in his country – only an arm’s-length away
- Disappointment takes away excitement
- Saying Good-Bye – Greece Bound
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Tag Archives: Family
To my Daughter’s Father
Over the years, I don’t think it has ever crossed your mind what you have put our daughter through. It hasn’t been the distance or even the fact that I brought her back with me to my home country. It … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Communication, Daughter, Everyday Life, Family, Father, life, Loss, Pain, Parenting, relationships, Single parent
Tagged Communication, Daughter, Disappointment, Family, Father, Father relationship, Hurt, Lack of Communication, life, relationships, Single parent
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Worlds Apart – Overcoming the Distance
My daughter requested a Skype call with her father. He kept her waiting for over two hours because he said he was busy. First he said he was talking to his boss (even though he doesn’t work on weekends). Then … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Communication, Daughter, Everyday Life, Family, Father, life, Parenting, relationships, Single parent
Tagged Absentee father, Children, Communication, Daughter, Divorce, Everyday Life, Family, Father, Greece, life, Mother, Overcoming the distance, Pain, Parenting, Regret, relationships, Single parent, Skype, Worlds apart, x-husband
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The Guilt Trip
When I purchased my daughter’s airline ticket, she told her father she would be going Greece for the summer. He asked her if she would be spending any time with him and she told she would for the week he … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Children, Daughter, Disappointment, Divorce, Everyday Life, Family, life, Parenting, relationships, Single parent, Thoughts
Tagged Children, Daughter, Disappointment, Family, Father, Greece, Guilt, Hurt, life, Only child, Pain, Parenting, relationships, Single parent, Travel
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Christmas without family
The other day my daughter and I were at the mall and there was this lady with her children shopping. As her children were in the dressing room, she spoke on the phone loudly for all to hear. I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Family, life, Single mom, Thoughts
Tagged Christmas, Family, Holidays, life, relationships, Single mom, Thoughts
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About me updated
I have written and published many “about me” pages only to go back and hit trash a day later. It just seemed like anything I would write just didn’t really explain to anyone who I was and letting a little … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter, Family, life, Single mom
Tagged About me, Daughter, Everyday Life, Family, Greece, life, Parenting, Single mom, Thoughts
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Teenage Meltdown
Me and my daughter spend a lot of time talking. The deep conversations we have together are not only memorable but are also very intelligent on her part. She gets me thinking of things I would have never thought of … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter, Everyday Life, Family, life, Parenting, Single mom
Tagged Daughter, Everyday Life, Family, life, Parenting, Raising Children, relationships, Single mother, Teenage Meltdown, Teenager
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He was one hell of a Father
My father was not a perfect man but he was one hell of a father. I remember when I was little, I would go sit on my father’s lap after getting out of the shower. I would say, “you’re so … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Daughter, Family, Father
Tagged Childhood Memories, Family, Father Daughter Relationship, Father's Day, life, Love, relationships, Single mom
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