Parenting After A Divorce 1

I have a five-year-old daughter, Mikayla Renee'. She is amazing. She has an attitude just like my own, and it makes me laugh. She looks more like me than her dad, which makes people call her my "mini me". I love it. Her dad and I have been divorced for 3 years now. What I appreciate most about Mikayla is that she is resilient. She lives with her dad for a week, then she's back with me for a week. We share 50/50 custody and she does really well with it. She knows that her dad and I have to "share" her, and she never forgets to remind me. I hate sharing her. I want her with me at all times, but I also know that she needs her dad. He is great with her, but the fact that she has two different homes makes bringing her up more difficult than "normal" families. Her dad has different rules than I do, which I think confuses her when going back and forth from our homes. I feel that my home is more strict than his, and when she comes back to me, I have a lot of disciplining to do. It's hard to explain, but I think that a divorce makes child-rearing a challenging, yet interesting job.