My dear dear amie,

Your last letter had me laughing and teary all at the same time.  You are such a champ.  And, just so you know, these last few months of your single parenting have inspired me.  Not to actively seek out single parenting situations - God no.  Just to push myself in my parenting comfort zones.  I finally took the kids to a restaurant by myself (ok, it was frozen yogurt, but still) and took them both swimming at our local pool (probably not to be repeated anytime soon, but I did it).  I even tried to do a bit more in the kitchen during the times Tygh wasn't around to tag-team.  Hence, the following revelation.