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this bothers me is because of the fact it is the last step. After this, my M is well and truly over. My family as it was is over.


This is scary, and sad. I felt that, still do every now and then for a few minutes. Not what we wanted, not what we pictured our lives becoming. But it is reality, which we need to accept and let go of the life we thought we wanted, and build the new life that is being given to us. <--- and that is kinda scary too, isn't it? Until it turns into the excitement of a new adventure, with you in the driver's seat...

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I want to be in a better position, more stable, more in control. I just don't see a way to keep her and her lawyer at bay until I can make progress on those fronts. My own lawyer seems to want to get things over and done asap.


Can you define a date...like LT said, after the holidays? You know why they are pushing, both lawyers. Maybe see if you saying, "We can meet January 6th, not sooner" will work?


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