This is a small follow up story to my main story LDBM.
See what the characters are up to today.
If you have not read LDBM, please read that first BEFORE reading this short follow up. Thank you.
- Oliver
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....five years later
It's been five years since we last crossed paths. I'm kind of breaking the fourth wall here but I am aware and so are you that you've been reading about my crazy life. Well here's what's been going on since then.
First thing's first, I am married. I know; I was just as shocked as you are when I said yes to his proposal. We will be celebrating our third year anniversary this week and I am over the moon with excitement. I am truly in love with my husband.
My children are doing great. Sophie who recently turned eight, is in second grade and I find myself overly emotional. Can you believe it? Sophie is eight years old! Where has time gone? She's growing into such a unique beauty and I cannot control my urge to have her a child forever. She's no longer my round chubby and bubbly baby girl. She's a very slim and dainty little girl who likes to garden and cook. I have no idea where she gets this from seeing I have the getting dirty.
She's eight years old but has the height of a ten year old. My guess is that she will be tall, like her father. Speaking of Tom, she lives with him.
Tom and I decided that we did not want to bring any legal matters into our co-parenting unless it could not be done successfully by us. So-far-so-good.
Sophie is with Tom Monday through Thursday and with me Friday through Sunday. When Sophie turned five, we sat her down and had a conversation with her. We spoke to her and told her that while Daddy and Mommy loves her very much, we cannot live in the same house together. She of course asked questions and was very confused, but with some help from our therapist, she slowly started to understand. We let her decide who she wanted to live with and she picked Tom. He reveled in this of course; he's still her favorite and she's still his "Baby Girl".
Although she's with Tom and me during those days we both have access to her whenever we want. There are times when she wants to be with me on a day that I am not assigned and that's fine. Our motto is: Whatever Sophie wants, we will do.
When we first started this process she was quite young and I was nervous that she would feel too strained, too tugged on both ends, but it's quite the contrary. She loves it, she can be wherever she wants whenever and I find myself questioning all this power we are giving a seven year old girl. She knows that I am the more relaxed parent while Tom is more firm in his parenting. With this she has learned to play us like a violin. I cannot lie, I let her. Even still after all these years, I feel she deserves to be spoiled a little extra than normal. She's a great student and a sweet girl; no one can say no to that face.
