The weekend heals

On Friday evening Nick informed me that next weekend would be the last time he would be seeing his girlfriend for about a month because she will be traveling with her high school band.

Nick was already punished for his grades and I wasn't about to cave on that, even though my husband was. I told him next weekend he has plans with Tyler to go camping with his family - I guess he has a decision to make as to what he wants to do more. He said he didn't know. I offered to help him out. I told him I'd take him to meet Tyler's family later on in the afternoon or the evening, but he said that wouldn't work. He made the decision to see her for a few hours on Sunday afternoon (when he gets back), at which point he would go to her house (because obviously ours is out of the question now). I guess he appreciated my offer to help him though, because after that, things started to get better.

By Sunday night he was coming to me for a kiss goodnight, and Monday morning, he came to me for a kiss goodbye.

So, things have improved. He understands that the rules are the rules and they aren't going anywhere. Guess it was up to him to accept them.

Yesterday, during work I got a text from Tyler apologizing for the things he said. I told him I was hurt; that after everything we did for him we didn't deserve it. I told him I accepted his apology, but the rules remain. He was fine with it and then asked if he could come over after school. I told him he could but he had to be home by 5 since it was a work/school night.

Slowly, things are getting better which is great; because Sunday will be a year that Cindy died and I'm now dealing with all those memories...