Very interesting indeed. I think what I come away with after reading you post is how well you handled the exchanges, truth darts placed perfectly and not buying into her 'poor me... I'm the victim' tone. I agree, she is reflecting and the voice of reason may be tugging at her asking herself how a mother could walk out on her husband and daughters. Holidays will do this I know it shook mine out of the tunnel for a few months back in 2015 but the gravity of the damage made her run right back in. She may be starting to want to reconnect to your daughters and given the time line it would not be all that suprising unfortunately for her your daughters are not going to make it easy .... I think it's a good thing and will force her to take a deeper look inward which would be beneficial for her The way that you handled the "I won't repeat my mistakes with OM" line was far better than how I would have done TBH, would have been hard not to blast her with that comment which tells me how far you've come
Continue as you have been and I would want to see her actually start taking ownership of her actions vs playing that MLC blame game ... she is trying hard to process things but still validating herself and what she did ... no one in Camp Irish is buying so she is discovering it's a tough sell even to herself
