Tonight I got a call from my dad telling me he proposed to his sweetheart, as he calls her. My daddy is getting married! I'm excited for them. I really like his fiance, Cathey, and she makes him so happy. I haven't seen him as happy as he's been dating her in years. My little sister, who is 15, is not entire thrilled with the situation. This worries me a little, I hope she's handling everything okay. She lives with my dad, so I'm not really sure what will happen since my dad lives in Carlsbad and Cathey lives and is a practicing psychologist in Texas. I didn't ask my dad a lot of questions though, I didn't want to ruin his happy moment. I'm sure things will be worked out and I will be filled in on them in time. I think my dad getting married has given my mom the itch to start dating again. I just hope she meets someone genuine. She's had some bad luck dating since her divorce with my dad.
I've always known my parents weren't going to get back together. I never held any movie-style hope that they'd some how fix their relationship. But it's still kind of weird that my dad is getting married. I had a really hard time accepting the first couple of people each of my parents dated, but I feel much better about it now. I'm glad neither of them rushed into re-marriage- they've been divorced for almost 5 years now. I just want all the various parts of my family to be happy. I hope everything works out so that my dad and Cathey can get married soon so they won't have to be apart anymore, and both can work out whatever needs to be worked out with thier respective jobs. And I hope my mom can meet a good man who will love her for who she is, if that's what she wants and is what is meant to be. Otherwise, I hope she can be happy being single for now. And I hope my sister can find a way to deal with it all and not become distant from either of my parents, becaue they are both wonderful people that just want the best for their children.
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