Ellie, this makes me sick. It breaks my heart to see even our adult children treated so callously by their fathers. Luckily for my two their father likes to throw money at them when they need it as well as when they do not. His reason for doing so is not as much to help them out as it is to show anyone who might be watching that he is a good father. {narcissus much?}.
My children come to me for emotional support. They know I am always available to listen and advise them. I will take that over the artificial relationship their father offers any day and twice on Sundays. Your children know you will do what you can. They know who is looking out for them.
Hang in there, dear. *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}
