'Here I am, in the middle of my two-week vacation from parenting, as outlined in my joint custody coparenting agreement. I both love and hate this time.'
For two weeks every summer, I get uninterrupted time with my kids. But that also means that my ex gets two weeks of uninterrupted time with them, meaning once a summer I’m away from them for 14 sleeps total. No one, it seems, prepared me for this when I was getting divorced. Divorce is so much more than saying goodbye to a marriage that once was.
And it seems like a year’s worth of growth happens in those two weeks. My 6-year-old’s two front teeth came in while she was gone this summer, and her reading skills and overall curiosity in books has exploded. Her legs have added at least an inch in length to her already willowy height. My 4 year old’s language development – the number of words he is using each sentence, the stories and details he’s including and his overall vocabulary – have really taken off.
So what do I do with my time away? I plan trips and do things that make me Meg, apart from being a mommy. I read a little more, I write for myself, I stay up a little later and sleep in when I can. I cultivate my marriage. When my new husband and I began dating, he quickly shared stories about how he loves to travel. This was great to hear because I, too, feel most alive when traveling and think it is an excellent ingredient to a strong marriage if you can financially swing it.
Luckily, I’m in a very positive coparenting relationship with my kids’ father. When I drop them off with him, though I lose my breath for a moment, I quickly relax and smile because their father adores them and takes such good care of them. I know it’s a privilege to be able to have that with him: to be able to put aside our own differences and to champion our kids.
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