I am trying to carry out my resolve to set the record straight but without it becoming an act of vengeance. That's not easy to do, and certainly to some that is how it might seem -- in fact, to hear xW talk about it, just the very fact that I even dare to defend myself from her attacks is seen as horribly mean and unfair on my part.
I've got to just tell her "tough cookies" and move on.
I have decided that I will no longer "play dumb" like I used to, before the D, in order to protect xW's reputation, even though she is still my S's mother -- especially now that I know she has definitely not shown any such discretion herself, even before the bomb.
Still, I must continue to ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit, so as to suppress these inclinations to act vindictively.
No, instead, the line I need to adhere to must be that which Paul wrote to the Ephesians about, where he advised "speaking the truth in love."
