Because my wife and I got a divorce three years ago, I don’t get to see my kids as often as I like. Fortunately, I do get to see them more than some of my other divorced friends get to see their kids. The reason for this is that although we couldn’t make things work as a married couple, my ex-wife and I did not end on a bad note. There were no affairs or anything like that; we simply couldn’t make things work. Because we ended as well as possible, my ex-wife hasn’t tried to keep my kids from me; there are simply just a lot of times when I can’t be around to see them.
Luckily, I asked my ex-wife if I could take my kids on a trip in a couple of months, and she said that as long as it was during Spring Break (so they wouldn’t have to miss any school), she would be fine with it. Once I talked with her, I surprised my kids with the good news, and after discussing a lot of different options, we decided that it would be fun to go to Toronto together!