My exah died on Monday
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Thank you all...his memorial was this past Sunday and it was really hard. His sisters had family photos up that I had never seen...seeing the young handsome man I fell in love with at age 21, and seeing pictures where he looks so much like our daughter does when he was a young boy really tore my heart out. The truth is I never really stopped loving him...I just knew that because of his abuse and his alcoholism I had to divorce him for our daughter to have any sort of life. So I did leave, but I could not walk away and abandon him with his terminal cancer diagnosis. Even though I wasn't there the way he wanted me to be, I was there for what he needed, and I feel like I gave my daughter what she needed to know that her dad, while flawed, did love her very much. It was very stressful at times but now in hindsight I think I did do what I needed to maximize the peace for all of us. Joe died knowing he had a beautiful daughter who he could make feel loved in the end.
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I have no words but share my hugs with you and your daughter. Im so sorry for what you have lost but by your ending words it appears things may have been said to your daughter by Joe that were very healing to her, I hope. We are each flawed in different ways.
Hugs again and I will keep you all in my prayers.
Hugs again and I will keep you all in my prayers.
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