I Miss My Kids….

I feel bad because I feel asleep in the recliner and didn’t get to talk to my kids tonight. I hope you guys know how much I love you and think about you everyday, you are the greatest kids in the whole world.

But I am going to kick your butt’s in bowling this weekend, mark it on your calendar.

Posted by Jimmy Daniels Posted in: Family No Comments » January 2008

Just Got Divorced

Just got back from my final divorce hearing, so it’s almost official, save for the filing of some paperwork, I am single again.

I don’t know why I thought I would be happier afterwards, mainly glad that it is over and that Ellen and I were adults about it. But, I can’t help but think about the missed opportunities and the way you thought things would work out when you first get married. Nobody thinks they will end up divorced, no one expects bad things to happen when you first get married, yet over half of all marriages end this way.

I remember the good times and the bad. Like when I REALLY and TRUELY surprised her with a party on her birthday, the births of our three beautiful children, some pics on flickr linked to at the botom of the home page, 8 years of little league with our oldest boy, Davey, football, baseball and basketball, and our youngest, Conner, will start next year, so, this time it will be different, but it will be just as much fun watching him get his first hit, his first catch as it was watching Davey. My little girl, Chloe, truly is a beauty, even if she hasn’t wanted to play sports as much as Davey, she has played some softball and done the cheerleading thing. I went to her Thanksgiving dinner at school when she was in 1st grade, and EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE, boys and girls, were speaking to her, kindergardeners through fifth graders, “Hey Chloe”, “Hey Chloe”, if I had a quarter for evertime I heard it that day, I truly was amazed, and worried, since she’s my little girl. You dad’s know what I’m saying, I could see them all lined up at my front door, at least, until I opened the front door, baseball bat in hand, and ran them all off.

The good ol days.

My kids were sick and I played hookie on September 11th, 2001, and we sat and watched as the second plane struck the other tower as it happened on TV. If I could get left in a room with Osama, I would make America proud. Lots of times I know I won’t forget, and lots more I hope I do not forget or let get lost in the bad times. There will always be bad times, it’s life, shake it off and go on is all you can do, if you all you do is focus on the bad stuff, that will be all you remember, the bad times, and what would have been a good time, soon becomes a bad time, and it becomes a never ending cycle. It’s good advice I wish I would have always followed, maybe I would still be divorced and maybe not, but it is advice I will be living by from now on.

As I’ve sat here, alone and depressed in the house I am renting, typing this blog post up has helped lighten my mood some, if you’ve made it this far, just give me the virtual head nod, love your kids and try to be happy. Here is one of my favorite picks from my youngest son Conner, it always cheers me up when I look at it. Oh, and I’m not spell checking this one, leave it as it lays.

Posted by Jimmy Daniels Posted in: Family, Life 3 Comments » September 2007