I need serious advice - divorce pending, reducing herd

It sounds like you are really being strong, I didn’t read the whole thread but I hope everything works out for you. Truly.

Bumping this thread up in case there are some who haven’t seen the update and might like to contribute to the “Fresh Start” garden.

Hundredacres, I have been thinking about you a lot. I am so pleased that you are going to plant your own garden. One thing that struck me after I posted my metaphor was that he bulldozed everything else but your flowers. Flowers and gardens are a personal expression of beauty and life. He left them for a reason and I would like to think they represented what was the best part of your life together on some level. Your daughter.