Tonight we went to my Mom's church's Living Nativity. I was kinda surprised that the boys wanted to go. It was Andrew's idea really. One of his friends was playing the role of Mary so he wanted to go and see her. 13 year olds are sooo interesting. He looked very handsome in his hat and black tee shirt. It was all outside and they had a real live donkey! And the cutest little toddler angels with light up shoes you ever saw! The baby angels kept feeding the donkey as much hay as he would eat.
Matt wasn't really into it.
Mike and I were standing there watching the scene and listening to the Christmas music and Matt was standing in front of us.
He turned around and looked at us and he giggled and he said: " This makes me so happy." I thought he was talking about the music and this surprised me because Matt really doesn't like certain music.
And then he looked at us and he said: " I love seeing you like this. You haven't been this close in years"! Mike and I were standing close together and wearing coats and our arms looked like they were touching.
Mike, for those who don't know, is my ex-husband and the father of my children. So, this comment by Matthew just broke my heart.
My ex and I have a great relationship. I purposefully make it a point to stay friends with him. It isn't always easy. But my main problem to get around is what his leaving did to our children. This is one of those things that I just have to give to the Lord.
