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I understand completely… and wish you the very best… not sure how far 1500 km are… but, hopefully close enough to visit. Its good that they have their dad, and that he is willing to care for them, however, I know they love and will miss their mother too..

Many blessings.. on your new endeavor.

Oh.. I am very glad it was timely.. however…. your message did seem sad… can I inquire as to why… you have to leave her behind??? Maybe I missed an explanatory post???

blessings…

Hi there. It is great that your moving to Cape Town. I am sure it will be a move you won’t regret (hopefully). Chatting some more would be great.

I’d love to hear about it.

Sounds like you’re off on the great bachelorette adventure! I know you’ll miss your kids, but you and the dog moving to a new city sounds like fodder for a good ballad. That can be one of your writing projects.
Email when you can.

Hi Amy. I forgot to give you a shout that I am putting you on my friends list, seeing as you don’t really know me. I see you added me too. Thanks.

The reason I added you was that I replied to one of your posts. The one asking if there were any South Africans on help.com.

As a fellow South African (Cape Town) I say hi to you and hope all goes well with you in the future.

regards

The kids are back with me after a week with their mom. They’re great. While it’s winter in S.A., it’s about to be summer here. They’re ready for it, although my daughter likes school so much she would rather it went year round. I have to find some camps for them to be in this summer so I can keep working. The crab is healthy. He’s the biggest hermit crab I’ve ever seen now. My son wants to take guitar lessons. I think I’ll wait until after I sell his viola, which he finally quit a few weeks ago. I couldn’t blame him, though. His instructor was terrible. The dogs are loving as always.

I’ll bet you’re excited about the move. Tell me about Cape Town and what your plans are there. Did your youngest make a decision yet about where to live?

Maybe he was just being kind for a change.

It’s a new start for you. Congrats! When you get settled in, I’d love to hear all about it.

Got it thanks. Good luck with the move.

Just emailed you. Your turn!

Enjoy your day. I will email you. Give me hell if I don’t!

Poor thing! You better get to bed now. Whnyou got time e-mail me , I am going off to the shops now. It is 9 am in the morning here. Enjoy them..

I’m here. No it’s not the holidays, but my kids are with me every other week, and when they’re here it gets hectic keeping up with their schedules–soccer games and such. I’ve tried to start logging in mornings instead of late at night. Otherwise I’m on here to 3 AM (like now) and have to be up at 6 to take them to school.

Hi. Just real busy with the kids this week. I did get your email and will talk with you soon.

Glad to hear your having a good day.About th ironing,I know when I have to do something I don’t want to that has to be done I put in music.Im good,have errends to do today.Have a great day Amanda:)

oh, I see now.So how are you 2-nite?

Hi Amy, thank you for your e-mails,they are always a welcome surprise.Was just on your post.Im sorry,but did I miss something? About the self harm? Sometimes its hard to keep up :P

And I got yours. Email me anytime. :)

I emailed you. Let me know if you didn’t get it.

Just thought I would stop in and say hello. Thanks for just being a friend

i’ll be here until felicity gets back. good night.

no i can’t. i don’t have her i.m. address. kim knows it, but said she was going to be gone for a couple of hours. maybe sarah will give it to me next time she’s on.

yeah right.

so, can you guess which one of the “topless” guys at the car wash was me????

have done nothing on the children’s book. but will! ask me tomorrow.

yeah alaska. i have 11 family members going on this trip! and none of us hate each other!

where is your house? would you take a hundred bucks for it? hehe

hi amy, glad you’re back online. me too. i was away for a week just to take a break and to get some work done.

i’m okay. my kids were with me last week, and this week they’re with their mom. i’m trying to plan for a trip to alaska this summer, getting passports and all.

how are you adjusting to your oldest moving out? do you and the 13-year-old get along? i find that whenever i’m able to spend a day or even a few hours with one of my kids that we get along great–because they’re not competing for my attention!

so you put your house up for sale. how is the market where you are? here the market is bad, but then i’m renting right now and looking for a house.

are you still working on the biography?

sans

:) (((BIG HUGS))

hello. was just wondering if there was a reason you took me off your friends list :(

Awesome, I look forward to hearing from you :)

HIam up and running again, will sit and write you a nice long e-mail over the weeekend. Am so glad . I really missed you guys.

HUGS

Amy

Your back on my list.YEAH!!I hope you are well my friend.Oh,Thank you for the lovely amd fun letters .They were a nice surprise. Kim

It’s me again,I just got your e-mail today, a mimute ago.I don’t know if you remember,but right before you left,maybew it was right after,I accidently removed you or ? off my list.Whatever happened i wnat to put you back on my friends list.Im hoping just mentioning ‘friends’ in this shout will take care of that problem :P I missed you

Amy,Your back? !!Isent you 2 e-mails.Did you get them? How are you? Shout me asap.K? I would love to hear from you :)

I meant the kimkriss if that explains it better

Sure hun, Im at yahoo its my name in parenthesis 14.Hope to talk to you soon :)

hi amy. haven’t seen you here for nearly a month. just wondered what you were up to. kim said you don’t have internet access now.

how is that biography going? and your kids? everyone okay?

shout me when you get back online and i’ll give you my email. it’s one i don’t check often, so from there i’ll give you my real email address.

come back soon. we need more parents and writers here!

Did I get you confused with akhale? I’m sorry.Want my e-mail or tel.#?

I will do my best.But now Im worried.Did you try to call? And did you see my reply on that post?

Amy, I just recently accidently removed you from my list and came to let you know your not forgotten or anything.And i see your last post.I hope you come back and give us another chance ,we can work it out,whatever the case. Miss you ,Kim :(

Oh sorry, I didn’t see this shout before. Thanks, it’s good to laugh.

for two years i had the kids 24/7, and i got a whole new appreciation for what single moms go through when the husband bails on them. it’s not easy. this week the kids are with their mom, and i find that i’m actually more motivated to get stuff done when they’re here!
yeah, 9 years was a long time, and then i spent 2 more trying to sell it. but i did finish it and have no regrets. your biography book has a life of it’s own? i understand. with a novel, sometimes characters will do what THEY want instead of what you planned for them!

heaven and hell combined, eh? i can’t wait.

i spent 9 years writing an epic science fiction novel. then i couldn’t get it published. that industry is a hard nut to crack. and i was stubborn and didn’t want anyone to change what i had written. so i bought the “self-publishing manual” and published it myself. printed a thousand books, sold about 700 and still have boxes of the damn thing in my house. learned a lot of lessons. now i’m writing a series of humorous children’s novels.

you have great strength and I know you can get through anything. my heart and best wishes go out to you. Anytime you need a friend or just someone to talk to i will be here for you.

hi amy. i’m a writer too. i have two kids, 7 and 12. what’s it like raising teenagers?

Im sorry to hear your feeling bad. Is there anything I can do to help?

Sorry,Now I see the other shout. Have Patience and faith in all you can :)

I’m more mindful of the issue ‘taking time out for me’ than before.Just talked to someone this morning that has the same problem.A reminder to take my own advice.Thanks for asking.How are things at your end Amy? Shout me anytime for anything :)

if you wanna talk about whats going on, im here to listen. I understand its late, so if you wanna talk another day just gimme a shout. id be more then happy to try and be helpful. But please come back sometime.

hello,
its nice to hear from you. Im doing ok i am making some good progress. still have bad days but overall im living so its all good. how are you? whats been happening in your world? hope to hear from you soon. take care