Thank you, Sabby, and Pachyderm...
During the entire 20 year marriage, we never had any friends. I would make friends, and if we as a couple visited socially or had them over, the friendships would cease...he was so abrupt and unfriendly.
I had bought a loom for my weaving studies, but when I left him, I left everything in the house with him, also letting HIM write the divorce and call all the financial shots... writing the divorce agreement himself without lawyer. I needed the loom for my weaving studies at the university many years after the divorce. I had bought and paid for it myself, but he refused to let me have it! I guess I was intimidated, and just happy to be free of him.
Still, this is no excuse for how I allowed him to dictate how I handled the incident with the little girl.
You are right, Sabby. The mother may not respond positively to my apology. I still intend to do it.
LOve
Patty