Maybe that's why we were intended to have two parents, Frank.

If anything happens to one parent whether instigated internally or externally, there is another parent to fill the gap. I was dysfunctional with PTSD for about 3-4 years. X carried the load. When her mlc hit it shocked me out of PTSD enabling me to be there for the kids as you have for yours. I went from being a failure as a parent in X's eyes to being a "phenomenal father" (her words) in just a few months.

Who knows if our W's will ever come back?

Circumstances do not make the man. A man makes the best of the circumstances.

You seem to be doing very well, Frank.


"Fear is the mind-killer" Muad'Dib
Me 53, XW 44, DD 14, DS 12
Bomb and OM 12/15/06
Separated 01/02/07
Divorced 05/13/08
X married OM(OMH) 08/2009
Married 06/09/13