After speaking to Mama concerning the new middle ground reached with The Other Mother, I expected her to at least try to do as she said she would. I expected her to allow enough time for pick-up and drop-off; I expected that she would at least try to treat both The Other Mother and The Ex with respect even if it was only for the sake of The Girls.

Unfortunately, it didn’t happen that way this weekend. I will say that we had quite an unexpected snow storm here, but I think there was plenty of time to meet the expected drop-off time. I don’t know all the circumstances and I can’t answer for my mother. I also can’t make excuses for her.

All I know is that The Other Mother and I have come to this place of tentative peace and any actions that either of us finds disrespectful or damaging to the greater good won’t be tolerated. I love my mother and I know she loves her grandchildren but this is one of those areas of our lives that I won’t budge on.

I apologize to The Other Mother and The Ex once more for the way things happened tonight. It may take some discussion and some reworking, but we’ll figure it out. For the first time in a very long time, I’m standing firm.

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