Shared custody and missing your kids

I'm a divorced 42 year old dad with 2 young kids. My ex-wife and I share custody and placement 50/50. I have them every Tuesday and Thursday and then every other weekend - so it equates to 7 out of every 14 nights. I've always been aware how lucky I am to have as much contact with them as I do. I still get to be a really big part of their lives and for that I am very thankful.It just never gets easier to miss them when they are away. I've learned ways to help myself miss them. I stay busy with a variety of activities. I work on myself. I get things done around the house so that I don't need to be doing chores when I have them.My relationship with them is really good (they're 9 and almost 7). My son is so much like me. He's pretty much a clone of myself at 9. It helps because I'm able to read him so well. My daughter is a good mix. She'll be 7 in less than a month and she's starting to really become a "big" kid.Most of the time I do okay. I'm able to separate myself and live my life without them when they are gone, but then there are times when I just feel really blue. I'm feeling that way right now. We're coming off 3 straight weekends (we swap Mother and Father's Day) and they were 3 really fun weekends with many adventures and a lot of bonding.My life feels complete in so many ways, but at the end of the day I just miss them. via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/2N6WNQT