Sad

Lots of things lately seem to be sad.  First Mike got 43 months and has been transferred to Shelton.  Now I am always happy when he is incarcerated and I'm hoping that a longer sentence might be enough for him to finally make a change.  But I'm not holding my breath.  I am going to enjoy my peace for that time.  He won't bug me constantly for money and nothing will walk out of my house for three years.
But his kids will be sad.  Depending on where he ends up, we don't know how often we will visit him.  I am in the process of getting the no contact order dropped so I can do that.  And I got a new copy of Connor's birth certificate which includes Mike's name in the father slot.  Connor needs that if he is going to be allowed in to visit.
Speaking of the birth certificate....there was a form I could have filled out and mailed in that would have changed his last name on the certificate. And that is reasonable.  But my guardianship paperwork shows Connor under his previous name.  So I just left things the way they are and will just continue showing every one three pieces of paper when doing things for the little man.
So David posted on facebook that he and Cassie are expecting baby number two.  Cassie sent me a brief private message about it.  I didn't check in time to see which was first.  All their friends are so excited for the second child.  And I'm over here going "but gee, Connor is the second child for Cassie".  I understand this will be a second biological child for David.  And I see he also doesn't count his stepchildren (and that sounds funny).  Just breaks my heart that again these two are shown to have no place in their family.  Sure hope nothing ever happens to me.
Then I have been following the story of a child of one of Mike's friends.  He was born with a disorder that makes him grow too fast.  Then he got a brain cancer.  Then he relapsed on that.  Now he has an aggressive form of leukemia and no donor match yet for that.  Then they discovered his heart was damaged from the treatment of the relapse cancer.  I guess they are trying one more thing.  And the whole thing from start to finish just feels sad.  And it makes me feel blessed that even though we deal with all the other things we have dealt with....at least we don't have that.