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Re: QOTD
The Daily Nugget
Cycle 12, IUI #1 - 33m post wash 10/15/10 = BFN
Cycle 13, IUI #2 - 15m post wash 11/16/10 = BFP, missed m/c, D&C 1/3/11
Cycle 15 - 18, IUI #3-6 = BFN
Cycle 20, IUI #7 = BFP!, missed m/c 9/14, D&C
DE-IVF Aug. 2012: ER 8/30 11R, 7M, 4F; ET 9/4 returned 2
Beta 9/18 #1-820, #2-1699, #3-7124
10/1 1st u/s measuring right on track, 125 bpm
It's hard to narrow it down! Seriously! Hardest QOTD yet.
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I really couldn't think of anything at first, but something just recently happened that caught me off guard. This will be long. sorry.
To set the scene...Growing up I absolutely hated my step-parents, as most children do. We're talking, "I'd rather have them get hit by a car and die than have them in my house one more day" kind of hate, though. It wasn't healthy.
Anywho, fast forward to a few years ago when my mom had an affair and my stepdad was heartbroken. He got invited to Thanksgiving and we had a very long talk about how he wasn't the best person growing up and he actually apologized for a lot of the things he did. I'll give him credit, though. We were probably the worst 3 kids he could've taken on in a new relationship.
Now that I'm older and wiser, I see that he was trying to be a great dad and make up for the craptastic one I already had. He used to help me practice baseball, rooted me on in school (by being a completely unnecessary hardass might I add.) I've now come to realize that he was more of a dad than mine ever was.
So he called me a few weeks ago and started talking about school loans and his parents had just put together all of their estate information. He wanted to add me into his will and make sure that I was taken care of should something happen to him. His kids sort of suck and want nothing to do with him anymore. He told me I was more of a daughter to him than his own children were his sons. I was totally taken off guard, but I was so touched that he thought of me that way.
He's been through a lot of sicknesses, essentially since right before my mom left, including being diagnosed with congestive heart failure and diabetes most recently. It kills me that I didn't think more of this man while I was growing up.
Okay, I'm done and all teary now. Thanks Sikes. It's nice to remember the little things sometimes.
*Snoopy - That's sweet. I'm glad you're able to leave the past the past and continue to be part of your step-dads life*
I left my ex-H on Dec. 22. Packed my truck with what I could and left Tampa. I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew if I got my truck to Seattle, I could put it on the barge and sent it to Alaska and hop a flight home.
I drove right past my grandparents and 2 sets of Aunts & Uncle's houses becuase I didn't want to tell them 3 days before Christmas I left my H. Armed with an atlas, a basic cell phone and a credit card, off I went. I was in a hotel that night and reflecting on the day. I decided to make a few calls and let people know what was going on, before crazy ex-H got on the phone.
I had kept in touch with Aaron (now DH) and decided to call and just say hi and tell him I was moving back to AK. Part of this call was to see if he could help me get a job. I didn't realize he was at his parents house in South Dakota for Christmas. We talked a while and that was that. I got a call a little later and his family insisted I come stay Christmas with them because the thought of me alone, in a hotel on Christmas broke their heart. His mom even got on the phone and insisted that I came.
I got back on the road, made up some lost time and somehow managed to drive from Tampa to Rapid City in two days. I arrived an hour before Christmas Eve dinner.
For me, it was that my parent's never turned their back on me. Take it from me when I say it put them through hell, day in and day out for the better part of my late teenage years. Despite that, my parents still supported and loved me and were always there for me when it may have been easier to give up on me. I know that's what parents are supposed to do, but because of them, I didn't give up on myself. More so, I appreciate that in their eyes, I'm still a loving, caring person despite all the selfish things I did.