This Crazy Life

My 2 other girls had been getting along.  And actually getting along well.  They were friends.  They enjoyed each other.  They hung out with each other and with each other’s friends.  We went on a few trips together.  Then everything changed and we’re back to oil and water.  I know what changed, but I’m still trying to figure out how one simple change literally ruined everything I was so happy I finally got to experience for the first time in years.  Years!  One told me the other day that our family was not any fun.  They didn’t like our family and wish they didn’t have to be at home.  Let me tell you, that hurt.  Especially when I know for a fact it’s not even true.  It’s just hard.  We were going to go to a pumpkin patch.  All together for some good old fashioned family fun.  Then one boyfriend couldn’t go.  So the daughter couldn’t go.  And if she didn’t go, my sick daughter wouldn’t go.  So we went from everyone going to no one going.  Literally in a span of 30 minutes.  Can you say frustrating.  So I finally convinced my daughter to go.  Without the boyfriend so the other daughter would go and we could do something.  So she went, even though she wasn’t happy about it.  She drove herself and left early.  We’re supposed to go on a vacation over Christmas. Well we are.  Hopefully we have fun.  Last night we did a Halloween candy hunt and had pizza, and it was just so awkward.  You could feel the tension in the air.  Any suggestions for family peace and not family drama.  They don’t have to be besties.  But they need to enjoy being in each other’s company once a week?  A couple of times a month?  I’m not asking for too much I don’t think.