i finally saw Maw! and it was soooo nice!!
Today was a good day! I usually have a good "Friday the 13th" despite everyone saying it's bad luck!
Taylor went to vacation bible school all week....(except Wed) - and tonight was Family Night (this year she went to VBS at FBC Ocean Springs instead of Vancleave).... I asked Mark if he wanted to get Tay sometime tonight instead of tomorrow ---- so they could go to Family Night at 6pm. He said yes - initially I was gonna meet him somewhere at 5:30 but then he asked if it was OK if his mom came out and picked Tay up at our house. I said sure. I called her after a while and asked if she wanted to meet me somewhere but she said she would come all the way to our house. Then she told me she went by and picked up Maw and she was coming w/ her. She asked if that was OK. I said "YES!"
I was a little nervous cuz I hadn't talked to Maw or Paw since Mark and I split up. Mark and told me to not send them Christmas cards cuz it upset them. So I pretty much thought that they didn't want anything to do w/ me.
Well....when they drove up, Maw waved at me and after I gave Mrs. Ruffin Tay's stuff, I went over to the passenger side and opened the door and gave Maw a big ol' hug - and she kissed me on the cheek like 7-8 times!! It was soooo nice to see her and to also find out that there wasn't any bad feelings there! I told her I always wanted to bring Tay out to see them and she told me I was welcome to come see them whenever i wanted and to bring Cole too! Mrs. Ruffin asked if Cole was sleeping and I told her yes. She wanted Maw to see him! - (I mean, after all, Cole IS Taylor's brother!)
I told Maw to tell Paw I said HI and I told her I would come see them. That makes me so happy!
Mark has told me several times that his family wants nothing to do w/ me. He told me about 3 years ago to stop sending Maw & Paw Christmas cards because it upset them. He has said, "stop trying to talk to my family - you're not in it anymore. You are just making a fool of yourself."
Well after that I saw Hollie at St. Martin East when I was registering Taylor. She teaches Kindergarten there. Hollie was super nice to me and always is whenever I see her. Matt was even nice to me at Tay's swimming lessons in Gautier - 2 summers ago. I still email his cousin Kristy and have even gone to lunch w/ her. Suzy and I still talk once in a while - (I need to go see her!!!) Same w/ Kay, Doug and Linda! And even Mr. and Mrs. Ruffin are nice to me whenever I have to see them.
So that's Mark for you. I always try to get along and he has to just be an ass. I always try to bite my lip and NOT say negative things about him around Taylor. She will find out someday - eventually she'll see what kind of person he is.
Ok I just wanted to add that about seeing Maw. It totally made my day and I am so happy that she still likes me! :-)
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