Well folks,

She left me a note:

T2,
I hope someday you will understand.
And I will be forever grateful for all that you gave me.

With her ring left on it.

AND I get to tell the kids, S1 already knows, he saw the note before I got home.

Looks like this chapter is done.

A note...after 24 years together, I'm kinda floored, but not totally surprised.

I'm going to ruminate on this til Monday, then most likely call my L and get things started.

Crap

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus

Uncertainty is the very condition which impels people to unfold their powers.-Eric Fromm