“Nicole will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know, we always honor her birthday.”
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.
I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.
Your children need your presence more than your presents.