And, God said, “Mow Thy Grass” You know those people who just thrive on awkward situations? The ones who find some sense of joy and weird adrenaline rushes from the strangest, most uncomfortable situations on the planet? Yeah, I’m not one of those people In fact, I hate awkward situations. I suck at small talk; I laugh awkwardly at the most inopportune times, and I avoid confrontation like the plague. So, you can imagine the absolute dread overwhelming me as I walked into a counseling session with my daughter knowing my ex-husband who isn’t exactly on the most stellar terms with me right now would be sitting in the waiting room with us. The first few minutes of the afternoon went about as I had expected--a door slammed in my face, no words exchanged, etc, etc. And, then, the dreaded point in the afternoon where our daughter went in with the counselor by herself, leaving the two of us seated together on a way too small couch in t...