>>> 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 the
 SR> kids, but the time that I do get with them is more important now than
 SR> before

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

Sharon

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