Althea - I hereby award you the "High Road Medal" for 2008!!! That was a masterful piece of writing and tongue-biting. If he's capable of reading that and not being wracked with guilt and asking himself why he ever left such a wonderful woman, then he's a putz who does NOT deserve your wonderful self. I can't help but think that you will meet your dream guy and then wonder what you EVER saw in Mitch!!!!
I hope for your sake that Johns Hopkins offered him a generous salary!