I am far from it. My therapist says eventually I will have to deal with what I did to contribute to the situation and all that crap. I am not completely ready for that, but I do know I made mistakes. I was controlling and bossy. I wanted things done my way. I did not always respect my STBE (soon to be ex) like I should. Like the Bible says a wife should respect her husband. I see that now. Man, do I see that. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about that.
Even though the end of our marriage is on his shoulders, I am not innocent on everything. There are times I wish I could beg his forgiveness for any hurt I caused him. I know he does not care about hurting me, but that does not mean I still do not want to do what is right. And part of me thinks that maybe I was so horrible for so long that I killed his spirit and anything in him that even wants to be kind to me. I hope one day he can get over whatever hurt he has experienced, because we have a long road ahead of us.
Maybe he is not hurt, maybe he just truly is some anomaly and able to turn himself off like a switch. Maybe he has a brain tumor. Hell, I wish I knew. I don't mind if he blames me for things because I know the truth. I fought to save our marriage, to fix my flaws, and to rise above the pain. He did not. That is really hard for me to accept, that I was not worth trying for. And for every instance I can recall where maybe I was
Sorry, sometimes, I want to scream. Just stand outside and scream and cry and throw things.
I want this to be over. I wish I could be as numb as he appears to be.
So, obviously my thoughts are all over the place. My point is that I know I was not a perfect wife, and I know I have a lot of work to do on me before I am ever going to be able to give myself to a man. And that is OK. My concern is my children. And where I refuse to take any blame, is how he has handled himself as a father. No matter how he feels about me, he should be there for his kids. And I have done everything but beg him to be there. So I am sure that I will continue to wonder, and hypothesize, and second guess a lot of things over the past 8 years. I know it will take time, and eventually I will think about it less and less. I am sure that once I have baby Ryan and my hormones are back to normal, maybe I will be too. Maybe not. I am OK with that for now. I have one responsibility right now, and that is to be a mother. I am not perfect, but I am going to be the best damn mother I can, because the moment I decided to become a parent, life ceased to be about me. I just wish he saw things that way too.

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