How WONDERFUL!!!! Isn't that feeling of freedom AWESOME.
I am so happy for you & how wonderful you can have your horse with you & your kids. I am just rebonding with my mare I had to leave until I can get her to my farm. I am back for legal stuff & enjoying rebonding & riding time.
Yes, bill paying & budgeting is a challenge but it becomes a routine & second nature.
I am so glad you are finding out how much better your life is now

.....the feeling even gets better as time passes.
I hate it when people like your X acts like a total hypocrite.....it just proves he wasn't what he claimed to be in the first place.