Just coping. There's nothing else to do.

I looked in a file I've been keeping with IOU's and uncashed checks from her. It was worse than I remembered. She manipulated and lied all the way back since 1996. Notes in her handwriting, promises unfulfilled...just lies.

It's easy to see why I have trust issues. And yet I have stayed a very fair, trustworthy person. She taught me to be trustworthy! But she really wasn't.

My own parents don't care to ever speak to me or my children again.

Just sad and coping. It's the right thing to do.

I'm slowly letting go of the anger.

Today I was imagining going over there and smashing all her precious antiques with a baseball bat. They meant more to her than I did. But, I know there's no point in punishing someone because they did not love and respect you. The right thing to do is just walk away.