In one-hundred and thirty seven days I will be marrying my new sweetheart on what we hope will be a sunny and warm day in June. Of course if it is a rainy and muggy day it will be just as blessed a day. The last week we have been planning to move and trying to arrange to have my soon-to-be 17 year old daughter transfer to a new high school for her senior year. Someone told me recently that if we all knew life was hard at an early age, we would be more able to cope with it. I've seen some wisdom in that thinking. Life has not been easy. However I think of the physically and emotionally challenged and I wonder how much I could handle, given their circumstances.

I was thinking about my ex-wife today. She has been diagnosed Bipolar or what they used to call Manic Depressive. Her life has been difficult. I thought I helped her but only time will tell the effect that I have had on her life. I wish her well. We will always be friends. I'll never stop caring. How can you?

I have encountered an interesting opportunity in one of my many early discussions with my fiancee'. Money. We both work, both have children, both have our own bills. How do we combine our resources without compromising our marriage vows of being "one flesh"? We both have been "burned" by what I'll call mistakes from our previous marriages. Do we combine our resources and pool our money, or do we continue to keep them separate? There are pros and cons to both. But how do you even suggest separate money without damaging the issue of trust? Well I'll let you know what we will do in the coming weeks and then we can tackle other thorny issues about child rearing.