With all this "hashing" over the past, I can say I made a terrible mistake marrying into a culture I knew nothing about. I can say my kids are the best things that came from the marriage. I love them dearly. So it all wasn't a disaster.

Maybe the marriage part, but never the kids...and yes I was hurt. I can say all the money in the world would not take away the pain and suffering I endured in the marriage. Money doesn't take away the pain and heal a shattered life. Maybe money would put a roof over my head, food in my tummy, pretty clothes on my back. But it really isn't until the "inside" heals or mends that one can go forward. All the pretty clothes and material things does nothing for a broken spirit. I could be driving a fancy car, but what good would that do, if inside I am broken and falling apart?