Rip,
I'm so sorry you were forced to do this. I feel you handled it perfectly. You really had no other options IMO.

You have progressed and matured tremendously. I see a man who had taken control of his life and his future. Your journey towards personhood and individuality is one I am on too but I think you are a bit farther along than I.

Here is a quote that haunts me lately. I think you might appreciate it to:

"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it."
-V.S. Naipaul

Me:35 W:30
D:4 S:1
Bomb: 01/08/15, discovered EA & PA
In House Separation: 01/14/15
W moves out: 04/05/15
I tell OM's W about A: 04/15/15
W serves D papers: 06/19/15
Mediation: 09/16/15
D final: 12/01/15