Excited but also sad!

I feel like I have finally won at something! The Attorney General decided that my ex would have to pay child support. He hasn't helped out with her in at least six months, so this is definitly a relief! However, now that he has found this out he won't pay me any of the money he owes me for the past six months...but oh well...like he would of anyways!

Anyway, I was feeling so good that finally something was being done about her dead beat father and then she came home from his house. She didn't want to come. I don't blame her in a way. He hardly ever comes to get her, so when he does she is afraid for him to leave...she has no idea when he will come back. She expressed last night that she would of rather stayed with him then go on our upcoming vacation. This hurt me tremendously! I know that when she grows up she will know and realize everything he did and didn't do. It just hurts because my husband and I work our butts off to give her a good stable home, and now a great vacation...and she doesn't even see it. I just wish she could see how hard we work to give her a stable life. I mean at times it hasn't been easy! Her father lives on someone's couch and only spoilers her when it is convenient. I just wish she knew how much we fought for her, how hard we work to give her all the things she needs and wants! I pray that one day she will realize that we may not be able to spoil her like her father, but we provided stability and unconditional love like she needed!

~Crys~