Hello Sharon.

06 Mar 05 16:31, you wrote to me:

 >>>> The last 12 months have been a blessing to me and I count each
 >>>> one as a special day with my kids, although I don't sometimes see
 >>>> them during the day at all as I work very long hours, but the
 >>>> boss will get words from me soon about this.
 >>> I'm happy for you. More people should count their lives as a
 >>> blessing, especially with the kids. They talk about keeping
 >>> families together then they have the parents working long hours
 >>> keeping them away from each other and the kids. That makes no
 >>> sense to me at all. My daughter is a single parent and raised her
 >>> first 2 kids basically on her own since their father only came
 >>> around when he felt like it. She worked and would often have
 >>> mandatory overtime, which was good for the money part, but kept
 >>> her away from the kids. Even if the father was there to b with the
 >>> kids, she and the kids were deprived of each other. I hope that
 >>> your boss respects your wishes so you can spend more time with
 >>> those kiddos. :-)

 SR>> Over the last few weeks, I have been working very long hours,
 SR>> sometimes 7 days a week which mean that i see less and less of
 SR>> the kids, but the time that I do get with them is more important
 SR>> now than before

 SC> That is the plus side, the time being more important when you don't
 SC> see them much for a while. It makes both not take each other for
 SC> granted as much.

Tonight I managed to finish early, so early in fact that I managed to see
the twins before they went to bed which was great.

Sean

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