I’m not a fan of the podcast normally but I was sent this one because my ex-wife knew it would be good for me. Spark Bird by This American Life. First off - I’v

I’m not a fan of the podcast normally but I was sent this one because my ex-wife knew it would be good for me. Spark Bird by This American Life. First off - I’ve tried to pick up birding a little bit. But most importantly - about 35 minutes in - there’s a story about Birdly. This family that sounds utterly insane and has six imaginary birds as part of their family. It’s a really well told story - much better than the podcast normally has. Well - anyway - it turns out there are other couples/families out there that do this. We had this with our “family.” In our case (my ex’s and I) we had three stuffed animal children. The podcast really will show the full gradient of how far you can push what is “real”. We took our children across the world and they had stories, purpose, meaning, and lots of love to share. I don’t spend as much time with “the children” now. They live in different but sharable dimensions/realities/universes more often now since their mom and dad aren’t together. It’s rough being a single dad of 3. Get a lot of questions but is what it is. She asks about them when she calls. We planned to have children the more traditional way as well. We just never got there before we split up. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fm0Ntx2IxuWEM2ieYZasv?si=nnuSWhWUSB204jBmiJpW1Q https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fm0Ntx2IxuWEM2ieYZasv?si=n...