Wife's mental illness and hard decision

[Lifes Twists]

This has been a god weekend so far. On Friday we had the sleep over birthday party for my now 15 year old. Even though it rained everyone had a good time. I was able to sneak in a few pictures.

The girls are settling in. I think they are all happier now that they have room to spread out a bit and not be in each others faces all the time in a cramped apartment. Sibling will fight, just not at the level of what was happening.

The girls see their mother at times. I don't push it, just let them decide when they will do it. I feel if she wants to see them she needs to reach out. Right now most of the times she has been contacting them its to remind them of an appointment and such. I hope she will eventually reach out to ask them to do fun things. It would be good for her to figure out how to have fun and let go a bit. She could learn to try some of the things the girls want to do and be less uptight about it. I hope her therapy will help her in trying to be less serious all the time.I hope she will allow the girls to se that they can have fun with their mom too.

I am not contacting her unless it is about something regarding the girls. I keep it short and too the point. I think it is best to go limited to no contact and let her travel down her own path. I am hoping her family will get less involved with her life. They all have issues of their own and all should be in some level of counseling as they all probably have some level of depression.I think they will keep my wife from having the opportunity to heal as long as they push their own issues onto her. I say a prayer for her each day that she will learn that happiness comes from within and that it cannot be chased.

Today we are doing stuff around the house and getting ready to go surf fishing in Rhode island tomorrow. The girls have been asking me to take them since January.Should be a fun day with my girls.