Eighteen years.
Gone.
It has been a lifetime since I saw my children - eighteen years today since I both saw them together. I was lucky enough - if you can call it that - to see the eldest child once more after that event.
I may not recognize either child if I saw them in the street.
A counterpart - in Michigan, has just completed 3000 days without seeing his children. The actions taken by the mother of his children are similar to those I experienced - who teaches these women these similarities?
Their mothers of course.
Shame on me though - the red flags were there before we had children, before we were married.
I thought I was strong enough to break this generational curse. I was wrong. If I had to guess I would say that my youngest has followed the same path - and we're now another generation along.
I hope that eighteen years don't vanish for either for my daughters.
