Little Gerda Goes Forward with Courage and Safety

[Gerda]

This morning D11 said, "Papa read my wish! He is moving back to my area?" I said, "Really?" She said, "Yes, but I told him, nowhere near Mama, okay? And he said, of course not!" Then I opened my e-mail and mediator had written to say that H was backing out of mediation and sticking to litigation.

So when D11 started up again, I told her the truth. Not all of it, but I told her a little bit of it. I used to protect my kids from the reality of what H is doing but I realized last year that it made it worse for them, it was MORE agonizing to not understand that he lies -- about what he wants, what he will do to get it, what it means for them, etc.

What a scoundrel.