Repotting
January 1, 2024 I was grouchy, out of mind, as I got into my Honda in the driveway and my almost ex-husband told me from the steps that Jesus tells us to love everyone and to treat our enemies as our friends. It was spring break. He was taking two of our kids to a no heat no electricity cabin that you had to ski to. Having made no other plans, I was going to the Y for yoga. I needed to get out of the house, and my daughter was coming with me. I was angry with him for having made a plan that worked mostly for him but not anyone else. I was angry with myself for not having made my own plan. Planning a vacation, committing, spending money on a vacation -- these all had been holding me back. So while I could blame him for holding me back, I was holding myself back, too, because I was scared of making a plan that the kids wouldn’t like and I was scared of spending money when we were spending $400/hour on a mediator to get divorced and had already spent $13,000. So Mary and I went to the Y. ...