W arrived with kids and a friend. I had made a nice meal for the kids & I that I know W loves but I didn't offer her any.
W went into the bedroom to collect her clothes that I had sorted ready to take. I said 'do you have happy memories of being in here?'. She said she wasn't thinking about it. I said 'thousands of happy memories'. I said it in a nice calm way.
I also said 'I'm sorry that you feel you need to do this' (taking things from the house) in a calm voice which I think went down well.
W looked around the house and said she was very impressed with all the changes I'd made. It's a lot, lot better than when she had left. She noticed everything that was different. She took some family photos off a small table, she very nearly cried doing so and she looked at me for a while in the eyes, then the same again a few times. We shared a moment. I felt like going to give her a hug but I didn't, I was having hugs with the kids. She slowly cleared the table and I gave her help moving it out of the house.
She came back later to collect the kids but they were not ready to go so W walked off for a bit rather than go back into the house. She came back and and thanked me for earlier.
I then said that if she had a night out planned then perhaps the kids could stay overnight with me. She seemed surprised that I would offer to do that - that will be a 180. W said she was going out on Fri night. I said that she didn't have to give me the details (I already knew them LOL). That would be another 180.
W said the texting app on her phone is still not working so will phone me for a short call. W reminded me I'm due to see her and kids on Fri morning at the school. I said there's a local event on Sunday that I would like to take the kids too. W said she had also wanted to take them there so W offered to meet me there with the kids and said she might stay for a while.
