Making Progress

Well, this has certainly been a year of change. Some good, some not good.

JT and I spent the last six months at the cottage. Tore out half the cottage and rebuilt it. Had construction crew for the tough part and JT and I are doing the finishing work. Beautiful new usable space. This is the first year we spent this much time here and, even though it is a lot of hard work, it is so worth it. The weather has been perfect.

The grand kids spent about three weeks, spread over the summer, here with us. They love the cottage as much as we do. Had a hard time getting them out of the lake. They both were like fish.

Now it is fall and the leaves are changing. We will be leaving in a few days to go home.

My siblings are still meeting for lunch weekly and it will feel good to get back in that with them. I miss them.

MJ has had a rough time of it. He hurt his back right before he was let go by the company he was working for. Has been doctoring all year and was on workers compensation. The company finally agreed on a financial settlement which will help him. He also finally found a new job. One he really likes.

But on the other side of the coin, His in laws have been causing all kind of trouble. They are just evil people. Their ultimate goal is to get MJ’s son. The mother-in-law is truly crazy. She has tried since MJ and LP got together to take OP for her own. She has now gotten child services involved. They came for the home visit and basically told them there was no case but had to go through the motions.

When they got married, the first thing MJ did was adopt OP. Accepted him as his son and loves him. MIL hated that. Ever since, she has been trying to get OP. Funny thing is, she doesn’t want EL, MJ’s daughter. She ignores her.

MJ’s wife LP is torn between everything. She wants to think the best of her mother and is always surprised when her mother’s actions are different than her words. So she continues to get hurt time after time. The pressure within in the family is intense.

The MIL says she wants what’s best for OP, but doesn’t acknowledge what her actions are doing to OP’s peace of mind. He is hurting and it is ALL her fault.

It is hard being here when all that is going on.