She's Starting High School Today

I know, it seems way too early for kids to be going back to school! When I was little school didn't start until the week before labor day. We always got a three day weekend that first week back.

@Srbageldog Ours started the day after.

@Srbageldog Wow she was a sort of crazy woman huh.

I am glad she has them too. She is in a better place now than when she lived with her mom. It used to bother me that my boyfriend wasn't considered the obvious choice as a co-guardian, but the whole situation between him and her mom is weird. They only dated a couple months and then she disappeared for a year without an explanation, then popped up informing him he had a 3 month old daughter and wanting to get married so she could join the military. (This was when he was like 21 or 22 years old.) Which he agreed to so the daughter could have health benefits. But then once the mom finished with boot camp, she didn't want to be married anymore, and she has always treated my boyfriend like he didn't really matter as a parent. When she'd get stationed overseas, the daughter would stay with family friends (her "aunt and uncle") and that's why they have her now instead of us. But, we at least are in contact with my stepdaughter now; when she lived with her mom, my boyfriend hardly had any contact because the mom would be so weird about him calling to ask about their daughter. Like she couldn't comprehend why he would want to know how his own daughter was doing.

@TiarasOceanView Yeah...I won't bad mouth her to her daughter, because that is her mom, but she is not a very nice person from what I know about her...I have only spoken to her once and she was indeed weird. More concerned about what my boyfriend had told me about their past relationship than telling me about how their daughter was doing (which is why I had called.) Very self-centered and has taken advantage of many men. A good example of how she is...once the aunt and uncle got custody of her daughter, she didn't bother visiting for over two years. And then she only visited because she saw that my boyfriend was visiting and didn't want to be "out-done" by him. Otherwise it didn't occur to her that she should ever visit her little girl. The aunt told me before she hates when the mom visits because she is so mean to her daughter. She has no patience for her, and then the daughter ends up feeling bad during the visit.

@Srbageldog I know the feeling. It is the feeling I have for my girls.

I am very proud of her. :)

Isn't it? I am grateful that she is in such good hands, I know that I am not equipped to help her reach her full potential so this really is the best arrangement for her. See, that's when school is supposed to start! Some public schools start at the end of July now...which is just crazy if you ask me.

@Srbageldog I am sure that growing up she can understand that.

I hope so. She is very much loved but I do know she had a hard time for a while wondering why neither of her parents "wanted her." Which wasn't the case, this arrangement is just in her best interest. I hope she understands that.

She is not deaf, she has Cerebral Palsy which causes her to be nonverbal. I know a little bit of sign but have been meaning to learn more for her sake, although we communicate via text so it hasn't seemed like a pressing issue, especially since we don't see her all too often. Wish we lived closer so we could visit more often.