photo jason berg jason spent weekend home girls fact spend weekend bittersweet sweet sleep bitter moments weekend feel empty tinged sadness kids share gradually give rhythm post-divorce parenting easy ways aspects two-household parenting beginning recognize gift quite kids lived silver lining thing keeping touch gift form emails voicemails phone calls girls thursday afternoon instance email arrived inbox dear mama figured halloween costume detective attached picture love soooo love true brainstorming costume ideas receiving email made created bond sort prefers phone email pick talk leaves long detailed voicemail messages fully-formed one-way conversation packed news personality closes calls voicemails loud smoochy kiss sound sound mind represents strenuous bear hugging sounds bench press rich reunions thing noticing parenting situation we're distinctly sense reunion girls days suddenly jason pulling chairs table setting places cooking food reveling buzz personalities bodies voices house question families daily school dinner multiply responses number days girls party atmosphere complete intensity love accompanies reunions night dinner asked girls weekends asked exciting stressful week ahead touched issues waiting tears needed glad place happen silver lining kids minds hold good builds reach point communicating brushing crumb crumb divorce pretty viewed kids realizing lots good wrapped sharing custody kids people power make realities turn less-than-perfect situations good imagined life mother choose setup kids absence makes heart grow fonder powerful missing wanting share call send email poignant reunions time spent time silver lining glass-half-full things beautiful reality life 