My oldest son lives in another state with his father. While custody is shared, and there's no legal limit to how much time I can have in when he's not in school, even just having him during school breaks is a logistical nightmare, especially financially, because his father won't approve any arrangement other than me flying down there, and flying him back up with me. This photo is from summer vacation, the last time we were all together.
During his visit, he lamented how much he missed Tae Kwon Do. His former school had an issue with children with special needs, which forced him and a few others out, and contributed to a couple his favorite instructors going elsewhere. A couple quick calls confirmed that the new school had been ready for him to come, and missing him, for quite some time. His father and grandparents, whom he resides with, would not agree to pay for it, while confirming that he had asked several times, but also had no idea the new school was ready for him and only a few minutes away. I spoke with my son and explained the cost would be extremely prohibitive, as my only "income" is child support for my second child (the little girl behind my head), and my fiancè's income is tied to all of our bills; I told him paying for his classes would most likely mean I wouldn't have enough left for our plane tickets to bring him up for Christmas.
His TKD has gone great and he even advanced to a higher belt, after entering the program with the yellow belt he'd already earned. I'm so proud of him! But, alas, he still wants to come visit.
I told him I'd try to make it happen. I knew it was far-fetched, and thus made no promises. I hoped my disability income would get approved by now.
So here I am. Praying for a miracle. This should cover one-way, which is the number of ways the cost is beyond what my fiance was able to save.
