There has been no shortage of these in the past week. Perhaps they have been the subject more often as of late because the election is over and there are fewer subjects to write about.

Or maybe it is because nearly all of us have at least one, and if you have more, then more gripes about them, respectively. I myself have three, but unfortunately one of them is no longer on this earth to disagree with me about our son, and I do wish he was.

If I had one wish it would be for my first ex, my son's dad, to be alive, so that he would see our son graduate from high school next year. And attend one of his youngest niece's wedding this weekend.

It is November, and it is 2008. My son told me tonight on the phone that he will be going to Mississippi for her wedding this weekend. She wasn't even two when she walked down the aisle in my son's dad and my wedding.

Okay, I guess I am veering off the subject. Speaking of ex'es, an acquaintance of mine was separated from her husband and seeking a divorce. His answer was to take his own life, leaving behind two teenage children and her to deal with the aftermath. That is a near ex to be pi--ed at.

For the record, my name is Busymichmom. But I do live in Mid-Michigan. And yes, I am a little irked at my ex'es. But that really isn't my problem, it is their's. I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. And I know that the only one I am responsible for is me. As the Serenity Prayer states, there are some things that I cannot change, and those that I can I will.