Thanks guys, as always, for the encouragement.

Our (my, actually...as stepmom, she's distancing herself from them, too) younger son graduates from high school on Sunday. He and his brother are moving out in a few weeks. I have been struggling with the pending empty nest syndrome for a while, and that was going to be bad enough. On top of this, my W is leaving me and wants me to live somewhere else, and I need to find a job because working the business together is no longer an option, but I am having such a hard time with motivation... it's like everything is caving in at once. The thought of all that lies ahead is overwhelming, even while dealing with the pain of what I'm losing. I am really fighting a serious depression here. But the nightmare is touching every aspect of my life. I can't escape it even for a moment.

Still, doing my best. Thanks again.


Me: 46 Her: 41
M: 5.5 yrs / S: 20, 18
3/26 W and I meet OW
BD: 5/2/2015, she takes off ring
W goes to stay with OW 6/26
NC: 9/5 Both moved out: 10/16
I take off my ring and feel... healed: 10/19