Oh Pain... I am so sorry that happened with your D. Five days is a long time. My H and I have talked about an alternating 2-3-2 schedule (starting on Mondays) so the kids never go longer than three days without seeing the other parent. Not ideal and definitely not what I want (obviously I’d like 24/7 of both parents) but I think we will try it and see how it goes. My kids are 11 so they text me or call me when they are with their dad if they feel they need to. My D and I text each other every night and she passes the messages on to my S. It is really, really hard not to resent my H for doing this to us but I know it will only hurt them if I do so I am working on forgiveness. Anyway... just wanted to send you some support. And I agree with R2C...it is okay to cry. Sometimes there is just nothing else that we can do in the moment and it does provide a release for some of those pent-up feelings. (((HUGS)))