I think having his photos around won't help you as it will make you sad. Your boys may get confused as well, they may be thinking why has mum got photos up of dad when he's living somewhere else. I know my son would say something to me if I did that! I'm ok, I have the odd moment but that's all it is smile I sometimes get sad, but I'm out of the crying stage now. I am quite a strong person, so I tend to hold it all in. I know this is a bad thing to do, but I can't cry if I don't want to. Does that make sense?
I'm trying to move on with my life, but as you know my door is always open for him if he wants to come back home. I hold a bit of hope that he may come back one day and it's that bit of hope that keeps me going smile
I do still miss him and sometimes it gets lonely at night. The forum has been quiet tonight, so I've been looking up other threads to comment on. I should really be working on my goals, but when I feel lonely I like to talk to my friends on here smile
It's good that you're getting stuck into work, but you also need to have some leisure time to balance it out. I was telling someone else that maybe they could try taking up a college course on something that they've always wanted to learn such as French, cooking, sewing, etc. I'm stuck because my H only has my son over to stay at his about once a month. He only has a small place and H can't get a good night's sleep on the sofa.
Take care of yourself and your boys and speak soon smile

H47 me48
T22 M21
S20 - Got high functioning autism
3/2000 H admits to OW and moves out to live with her
11/2000 H moves back home
2/4/13 H moves out
H tells me he wants D 6/13, but now he can't afford to!