Sarah and Sara

Things have been going okay for me lately. The holiday season has come upon me and honestly, I don't even notice. I just don't care.
I've filed to get my child support modified in the courts. I feel bad in a small way that I have to do this, but I can say with a clean conscience that I am doing everything I can to take care of my children. If Gretchen doesn't want to work with me on resolving this, then she'll have to be on her own. I hope she is able to step up and do something about her situation.

I found out recently that Steve and Sarah Paul are getting divorced.

I noticed on Bill Drake's Facebook profile that Sarah had responded to one of his updates. However, I noticed that the name was Sarah Drake. Uh oh.
After a couple quick message exchanged with Bill, I found that she and Steve were no longer together. I knew that Steve and Sarah had a LOT of issues. Honestly, I find that is one of the biggest flaws about the doctrine...sometimes things just DON'T work out and people change and there's no room for that.
From what I can gather, when Sarah ended the relationship, she got a lot of flack from the brothers and sisters, which made her decide to leave. While I do mourn the loss of their marriage, I know in the end people have to make decisions that are right for them. Maybe Sarah is doing the right thing, I don't know. Who am I to judge?

I sent a text over to Gretchen expressing my sympathies over losing her friend Sarah. I know they were close. Maybe it wasn't appropriate, but it felt like the right thing to do. While she is no longer my wife, I can't help but feel sorry over her loss.

On another note, I've had the chance to get out and meet more women. This has proven very enlightening and made me realize how much variety there is out there. It's funny how small connections can teach you such big lessons in life and I'm definitely not done learning.

I had a nice first date with a girl named Sara. She's a really nice girl so far and I enjoyed my time with her immensely. She seemed to have a good time too and we'll be meeting up again sometime this week. We'll see what happens...