I've been on these boards since 2015 under a different name. But this is my first time posting on your thread.
What really stands out in your situation to I imagine every one of us posting here, is that your ex was capable of walking away from her children.
That is an act that is just so unnatural and uncommon. I think that every single mom here would agree that It goes against every instinctual fiber in a mother's being. And my heart goes out to you and your daughters.
There must be some thing seriously, and physiologically wrong. It reads that way. Her writing reads that way. I think you are handling it very well. But just as we wouldn't expect someone that had a physical handicap to be able run a marathon we might have to come to terMs that some one that has some sort of mental handicap might not be capable of being a reliable parent figure. And that can be a very hard thing to come to terms with, but also freeing. Because then we are accepting the person for what they can give instead of what they should. It allows us to give up resentment and anger which is just so so harmful.
Again. I am so sorry for your daughters. Every child deserves the emotional support of both of their parents. And their is a lot to process. I hope your daughters have only the best resources. It seems like they have the best of the best fathers.
