Tomorrow's therapy appointment is very well timed [View all]

I went to my nephew's house for a PreEaster lunch. (I made up that word) I was looking forward to seeing the kids, and their dad from whom I was estranged for about 6 years. He was in a relationship with an extraordinarily toxic female. She was his girlfriend before he met my sister. They started seeing each other, again, very shortly after my sister's death. Side note, these two women couldn't be more different. I mean WORLDS apart. Also, my sister knew her and her family but definitely did not care for them.

I finally saw him right around Labor Day. The last time I had spoken with him was about 3 years ago, at Christmas time, when he told me he wouldn't come to the traditional family Christmas Eve dinner if she wasn't invited. NOBODY, including his kids, can stand this woman and it would have spoiled everyone's night. We'd all given her a chance and she did nothing but do everything she could to alienate him from us. He let me know that SHE was the important one. Not me. Okey Dokey.

Long story short, he finally broke up with her last Summer. We'd all been getting along just fine and things were back to normal. The kids were so happy and it was like having my good friend back. He and I had always been close, until this female told me, at my niece's wedding, that God took my sister so that I could be there with her children. No kidding. I was already emotional, missing my sister's presence at this celebration. I'm not sure how I controlled my urge to punch her square in her smug face. I avoided her for the rest of the night. My niece and nephews sat with me at the reception.

Now to the point. I found out, yesterday, that they are back together. I learned this just before we sat down to eat. I got a couple of bits of lunch down and promptly fled the room to throw up. The break up was about the only positive development, over the past 6 years.

I've had a long streak of tear free sessions but that might come to an end, tomorrow.