My ex and I have had our fair share of problems since we’ve gotten divorced. We don’t always agree on things and there have been times, especially in the past month or two that tension has been high between us, but today he did something that caught me a little off guard. This weekend was a particularly difficult one for me. I was going through some personal things in my life and was on the verge of falling apart. When he picked our son up this morning for his parent time I was still in the middle of dealing with everything that had gone on the last few days. I was emotional but trying really hard to keep things together in front of him. Apparently he still knows me well enough to know when something is up. When he asked me what was wrong the tears just started flowing. I didn’t go into detail, but just mentioned that I was going through some difficult times. He was very kind and told me that he was there if I needed anything. While they were gone I was able to pull things back together enough to go about my day running errands and doing the normal things we mothers do all day long.
When they got back my ex husband handed our son a bouquet of flowers to give to his mommy. I was caught off guard at the kind gesture. I was grateful that my son was able to see that kind of a relationship between his parents, even though we don’t live together anymore. It definitely isn’t always this way, but I am grateful for when it is. It was nice that even though things didn’t work out in our marriage that he would still think to do something kind for me for our son.