See, this is the part I'm having trouble with...

"....and figure out how to proceed, and what WE want. "

All I ever wanted was a loving husband and my family all together. The rest was just what I did to pay bills, pass time, contribute to society (work, hobbies, etc etc). I can't have that now, even if he came back, he's kicked the stuffing out of the relationship we had, just totally demolished the foundation, the trust, all the things a deep R is supposed to be.