Be easier if they were dead, huh? I mean easier to explain. Dad's not coming home because well a building fell on him at least it was quick.
Your a good mom, right now he is a horrible dad. Aren't you glad that one of you is around for them? Aren't you glad that he isn't around right now including the OW with them?
It is hard So. And it is not fair, there I said it. But nothing is fair. You are doing well though.
Answer their questions without blaming him...your children will make their own conclsuions, and you don't want to sway them in that, if you don't they will form better conclusions ones closer to the truth without you looking bad.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK