Saturday morning and still no response. W text me yesterday asking if I could drop the kids off, but that's been the only communication since I sent the email. She has the kids all weekend, so I'm really not expecting any response until tomorrow night (10pm deadline).
What's going to be difficult is sticking to my boundary should I receive a wishy washy response (or no response at all). If she doesn't reply in a black or white, yes/no type of way, but instead an 'I need more time...let's maybe try dating...or I'm not sure how I feel.' I know I may struggle with moving forward with initiating D should I receive anything but an 'I'm ending OM contact, let's work on our R' response.
On a separate note, I'm proud of the father that I've been throughout this past year. I've always been heavily involved in my kids' lives, but I've taken on the typical 'motherly' activities during this time as well- grocery shopping, meals, cleaning, back to school shopping, etc. Took the kids go kart riding and to mini golf yesterday before school starts on Tues and we had a blast. When I dropped the kids off of W's place last night, I could see the sadness in D10's eyes- she hesitated when getting out of the car and gave me a hug before going to the door. I can honestly say when I look back on this 'mess', I'll hold my head up high in the father and leader I've become for them.
