Divorced-not done-But wondering ?

[JJAC2005]

Can someone touch on back sliding emotions ??
PLEASE!

I seem to get thru about 2 or 3 weeks of NO contact....thinking I'm doing really great, then I get a whopper of a memory tug and seem to be at the beginning stages of missing the family all over again.
Just [censored] to start to get 2 steps fwd then 3 back....wanting to try to force a fix in there somewhere (knowing damn well it wouldn’t work and probably do the opposite).
The situation is what it is, I am divorced, and the ex has moved on to another relationship...its obvious now....and she basically has asked that I do the same, not wanting to allow any room for any type of friendships to develop (my thoughts are she’s afraid of weakening) or allowing a continued relationships with the kids that I have gotten so close to for the past 7 plus years(She's definately trying to hit me where it hurts, but again, my gut tells me she’s also protecting herself).
Whenever I see another family enjoying a fun activity together I think of how much fun we all use to have doing similar things.

So for those of you that have been here....what might I do or try to do differently that will ease these periods of raw emotion?