And still struggling

[Jim1234]

Nicole, I don't know if everything was "perfect", but I know my son appreciated it, and enjoyed himself.

As far as W, when she lived here, she slept on the loveseat in her smoking room, saying she didn't want to sleep in the bed with me. One of the reasons she gave for wanting to D was that she wanted to sleep in a bed again. But now she has her own house, and her own bed, and still watches TV until she falls asleep in the loveseat. She's confided that she's having trouble paying her bills. Mid February, and she still has her Christmas tree and decorations up. When asked over Christmas by her godmother how her mother was, D16 apparently replied, disgustedly, "Aunt Xxxx, I'M the mother."

I doubt tonight gave her any second thoughts at all. I expect she is so convinced she was right to leave, her subconscious won't entertain the notion that she might have been wrong. I'm pretty sure she still suffers from depression, but she won't believe me. "I've been through depression, and I know what being depressed is like. I am NOT depressed."