Wife's mental illness and hard decision

[Lifes Twists]

The weekend has been good so far. My middle daughter had her senior prom Friday evening. She looked fantastic and I was so proud how she handled everything since her mother was unavailable. I heard she turned quite a few heads at the prom.

Yesterday the girls went to the amusement park for a while. I picked the youngest up there late in the day and we got a bite to eat and went to cabela's to get fishing supplies. She suprised me this spring by asking me to take her fishing. The older two where going to a bonfire and sleep over last night. No calls so must have gone good.

I have not heard from nor tried to call wife. My understanding is her family has moved her back into the apartment. I expect they will leave her alone there without much of a support system.

I have decided to not push anything. If she wants to pursue the divorce, she will have to file herself. I hope she does not go the divorce route right now. DCF has recommended I pursue custody of our daughters through the court system. If a divorce were to be started, I expect my wife would loose custody, she would have to pay child support. I also suspect she may loose the house because of the damage she has caused to both our credit.

My daughters have seen her twice since she got out. They saw her on Monday. They did not go on Tuesday or Wednesday. On Wednesday my wife did something I have never sen her do. She called to girls to see how they were doing. I hope this is a small sign of some good changes.

I continue to focus on myself and my girls. They have lots of plans for things to do. I am having quite a change of life now with them fully back in my life. What an incredible change of circumstances from one year ago.