Gosh, I can recall that life so long ago when I had hobbies and friends and time to spend on both....
ahh...the memories.
I'd be making more memories, that's what I'd be doing! Doing all those things again! I miss "me" so much!
Like TL, when we had about 6 months of "remission" from difficult child 1, we spent the first 4 walking on egg shells. The remaining 2 were spent a little less tense, but still, every phone call made me jump. I don't know how long it would take for that to really go away.
My ex-mother in law, who raised my ex (a major difficult child) still recalls brief periods in his life (like days, or even partial days) when life was "normal" with him - and cherishes them.
