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I know how I did it. You have a tough row to hoe. by The Flash
My ex-wife was certifiable. I am astonished that her parents (a medical
doctor and a psychotherapist) were in denial for so many years before
they passed away as not to find her the help she needed. I prayed to the
Holy Spirit for our daughter that she be spared damage from her mother,
and I did everything I could to remain involved and responsible in our
daughter's life while she was a young girl and as a young adult so that
she had a fighting chance of growing up healthy. Eventually, as a mature
adult, my daughter had to get a restraining order against her mother, and
my SIL has declared that the woman never be permitted to be near my granddaughters.