Dandylion, I thought of that right away. That there was a reason I saw those papers. I am not holding out for any miracles. Actually, I am meeting with an attorney next week to discuss my rights in response to his requests, even though he's not presented the separation document to me yet. I have mentally prepared myself for this, and I'm working on my response and what I need to do. I made copies of a few important financial documents and left them with a neighbor so that he wouldn't find my paperwork as I found his. Basically, I'm open for whatever God has in store for my future, hopefully with my eyes open and my head NOT buried in the sand. If there is reconciliation the future, great, we'll go through that door if it opens. If it's a separation or divorce, OK, then it's one step at a time through that door, which will also be an open door because it will be a new beginning. Either way, a new beginning is better than a stagnating cesspool of anger and resentment, don't you think?