Happy New Year

How time flies.  Almost 3 years ago I got sole legal custody of Dane & Allyson.  Their mother met a man online and stole them to hurt me.  After 5 weeks of hell, 2 lawyers and a determined family to find the children and get them back.  Their mother has not seen their faces in all that time.  Was this man really that much more to her than to watch our children grow up?  Apparently it was because she got remarried last February.  Only a few weeks after his previous marriage ended in divorce.

Dane is 11 now.  I know I've stepped away from writing about what my life consists of.  This is truly a way to release the tension on my brain that bothers me so much.  I really wanted to blog and be of help to parents out there who are raising a special needs child.

School is going well for Dane.  He is making some friends.  He is in normal classes but has his own special education classes to help with some things.  He still gets occupational therapy.  His speech therapy stalled because the school didn't think it was necessary to continue.  They are probably right. I can understand him but at times he is slurring his speech.  My dad has a hard time hearing him and he gets mad at his Grandpa for having to repeat himself so many times.

There is a new woman in my life as well.  She is very loving to the children.  We do things together I only wished to do with my ex wife.  The family things I always wanted from her that she would never give me.  Her online video game addiction and talking to guys and stepping out and away from the people who loved her was more important.  What would possess someone to lie, cheat, hide and steal from everyone?  To give up seeing our children grow up?  A life 1300 miles away from her own family and to live with a guy she met online.  All I can say is, time does heal wounds.  Emotional pain brought on by those you think love you.  I want to forget the past on live in the moment and look forward to a better tomorrow.