It's not easy. I lost my wife and now I feel like I'm losing my kids. My daughter was here 15 minutes yesterday before she started calling me names and yelling at me (she hasn't been here in over in 2 weeks)...so I told her to get her things and I'd take her back to her moms. I did. She said the meanest things enroute..."I no longer consider you my father", etc. And son gets mad when he has to mind and starts saying "take me to moms" and cussing and yelling. Things with these kids have gotten exponentially worse since Oct. 1 when wife filed for divorce. I'm doin' my damnest to not give up internal control of my emotions during these episodes. Son got mad during the night and started cussing and screaming and said "I hate you", "I wish you were dead", I hate coming over here", etc. It's tough to hear. They are both emotional wrecks.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.