Glad you got to spend some quality time with your kids! It is a positive that W is allowing this to happen. She is very, very slowly thawing in that regard.
I did step away from the rules briefly and asked if we could talk. I also told her my feelings for her haven't changed and that they would not change. She didn't respond with much but she did send me a picture of our kids from Easter that she had done.
She ins't interested in talking with you at all! STFU about wanting to talk with W or anything remotely close to it. Forget it. Zip it.
Photo exchanges are good. A bit at a time. In my case, it took me years and years before Ms. Wonka and I were able to talk together. In the beginning, say the first 6 months, she was one hard big ol' glacier that was immovable! I sent her photos of our dog and she finally sent me one of our cat. That took 6 long months for that to happen.
You're gonna need to learn to be patient and exercise patience with this whole process. You've yet to learn this elementary tool in DBing. Work on it!
