I texted her on Feb. 14 to try and coordinate our Spring Break plans with the kids, and so I could finalize the plans I was making with them. She ignored me. Later on in the day I texted her again, and mentioned that Spring Break was coming up soon. She texted back she couldn't touch bases with me then, but she would when she had time. I never heard from her about it again. I provided that info. to my attorney a few days before Spring Break started, and she said we should split the time, with me taking the first half and her taking the second half. She said she would forward that plan to the opposing attorney. The night before we left when the kids were with her, I asked if she would help them pack for their trip. She said no, "they can do it themselves", and then she told me when she planned on leaving with them! I then asked if she would see to it that they do it themselves...and I never heard from her. The next morning, I had to help them pack...there were some problems because it should have already been done, and we were late getting off. We went to Fiesta Texas, spent a lot of time on the River Walk, went shopping, ate good food, saw a movie, and they did a lot of things across the street from the Alamo...haunted house, Guinness World Records Museum, Mirror Maze, and we did some sight seeing, etc. We had a pretty good trip.
She gave me no help at all, and didn't help the kids at all to get ready for their trip. They left as soon as we got back from our trip, and they took the clothes that I had packed for them for our trip on the trip with their mom...just like she had planned.
Unreal how mean she is.
As far as forgiving myself, I still feel bad for having hurt the people I cared about the most as much as I did and for as long as I did. She did suffer from my anger, resentment, and emotional/verbal abuse.
So forgiving myself is something I'm still working on. I can't take it back. My future shouldn't have to be defined by my past...should it?
ps - I ran 9 stadiums after my ride this morning. The university here has a big stadium too.
"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.