Started out working from home, got a call and thought it best I go into work. Worked until 3p and took off to take Ashley to the dentist, she finally got that spacer removed, has a tooth coming in on both sides of the molar and hopefully the molar will stay centered and not get shoved out of place, Ashley really stoked to have it gone because it caused her a lot of pain. Had to stop for a Frosty of course. Got home and ate dinner. Lesa went to Jay C Plus and picked up some groceries, the kids watched Cats and Dogs 2 and then regular TV after that. Brusier, the neighbor’s dog, got in our yard and started to go for the chickens, I chased it off and was going to shoot it with Ashley’s BB gun if it didn’t leave; Lesa, Ashley, Bruce, and myself got the chickens put in. Brushed teeth and bedtime. Dillan asked about Daniel’s letter so I read it to him and Ashley, which kicked off a long discussion about the state of things, about their place in our family and the world, about God and a couple of other tangents. They think Daniel is BS-ing us and himself, and I think that too, but I told them people can and do change and I hope when he’s released he truly does change, that he gets a job and works and builds a home and a life for himself, that he becomes someone they would want to know for their sake, and for their kids’ sakes, and that they could pray for him. I told Dillan that being angry only hurts him, not Daniel, not Nicolle, but him – and maybe his relations and maybe his kids someday; that instead of being angry for what he’s lost, to be grateful for what he has, and that will help put things into perspective; I think he understood. Ashley stated she didn’t really lose anything to be angry about and I replied she lost her family: her cousins, aunts and uncles, her grandparents, that she lost her identity – she cried at that – she tries to be brave but she hurts sometimes too. I’m pretty sure they get the big picture, I think they are happy and feel loved – for now. I worry about the future though.
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