Elisabethan Heartchitecture

Elisabeth finally called back.  Mikey has tried to reach her for days, with no response.  Elisabeth said she had called two days ago, and the person with whom she spoke said we were busy and to call back at 7:30.  I do not recall that, but I cannot say with certainty whether or not it happened.  Maybe we were napping when she called.  Sometimes, we don’t realize what we’re saying on the phone when we’re first waking up.

Elisabeth was talking to me about going to high school.  She’s going there, in the area in which she lives now.  In other words, we’re toast.  We’re history, and not even a good one to read, apparently.  She wants to go to school the rest of her career there.  I can’t believe this.  Tiffany wants to be around us, but Elisabeth apparently would rather rot than be with us.

FUCK, this was not how this entry was supposed to go.  I don’t understand this.  I was not down about this while we spoke.  Mikey got depressed and started crying while I was talking to Elisabeth, so I passed the telephone to Mikey.

I don’t know what to think.  She says she loves us and misses her mother.  Maybe she does.  Maybe she doesn’t.  It’s impossible for me to know, because I’m not in her head and heart.

In this regard, I’ve never felt more unwanted.  I have Tiffany to keep the scales balanced.  At least she loves us.

I talked to the kidlets, which was nice.

All I can do is pray for mercy and hope God delivers it.

Love to all,

Elizabeth Louise
the bad Mama

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May 10, 2006

Sweetie, you could never be a bad mama. Just in the love that you have for those children, nope. Never. Teenagers are selfish, they don’t realize that their actions can hurt other people. Honestly, she probably just doesn’t want to move away from her BFF or her boyfriend or something like that. I hate to say it, but Ryan’s here with us because of that reason. He’s very good at driving me nuts…

May 10, 2006

but he wants to be here because of Michael, and I could never turn a kid away. Even if he does find the need to fight me on everything. I’m sure that Elisabeth loves both of you, but right now, she’s just acting like a typical teenager. You are her parents, you can make her move there with you, can’t you? I know that wouldn’t be fun, but maybe in the long run it would be good?

May 10, 2006

I don’t know, teenagers are a mystery. I have two living with me, and everyday, they confuse the hell out of me. Lots of love to you and Mikey, John

May 11, 2006

Some teenagers are harder to deal with then others. You have to take the good and the bad with them. I was an asshole of a teenager. Hugs.