They need a *like* button on this board. Trusting has just said it all.

It is difficult to cut off all contact when there are children involved but you can absolutely limit the contact to discussions about the children only.

I know you will take care of yourself because you know you must in order to be strong for your two cuties. You have grown so much and have a confidence about you that is to be proud of.

*hugs*
~ swl

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear. {Henry Wadsworth Longfellow}