Okay, It has officially been about 2 1/2 months since Kevin surprised me with divorce papers and kicked me out of our home. Since then he has taken Grace from me for 3 days at a time every week due to a court order. I have tried several times for a hearing to stop this madness, but it has always been postponed. To top that, my past lawyer was just awful and would not call, text, or even email me back for weeks at a time and when I finally would get acknowledgement from him, he would conveniently "forget" to subpeona people to use in my hearing.
So, now I have a much better lawyer, thanks to Erin and he is working on my case. I unfortunately am getting used to not having my baby with me half the week every week, but it still sucks.
I am so afraid that Kevin will not let me see her on her birthday and Christmas since these dates fall on his court ordered visitations.
Everyone knows that Kevin was never a true father to Grace while we were together, so why is he taking her away from me now that we are apart? I think it has everything to do with not wanting to pay child support. The thing is, you can't choose to only be a dad when a child is with you half the week. You must choose to be a dad always. This is an all or nothing situation or the child will figure this out as she gets older and ultimately suffer.
I don't want Grace to know how Kevin doesn't provide for her when she is with me. I don't want her to know that he chose gambling away all of our money and divorce over saving his family. I want her to feel loved and wanted and secure, but the choices he is making will only lead to her detriment. It's so sad.
Anyone reading this please pray for resolution to come quickly before I miss any other precious moments with my child. Also, please pray for God to come stir into Kevin's mind, heart and soul to the point of his full turn around, if not to become my husband again then at least to become the best father for Grace that he can be.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Mental note...avoid the name Kevin when getting married
So, as most of my friends know I am now in the process of separating from my husband, Kevin. I decided to write to his sisters, niece (her husband married us) and his best friend to let them know what is going on. I saved this email in a draft for about 1 week waiting to see if it was the right thing to do, or just my bruised feelings leading me. After lots of prayer and inward battle I decided to send it last night. Below is a copy of the email. Let me know what you think.
Love,
Deb
PS I haven't heard from anyone yet, so we will see if it helps or hurts my situation soon enough.
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Dear friends and family,
It is with an extremely heavy heart that I tell you of the separation of our marriage. I have tried to reach out to a few in order to get help, but without response. It hurts so much to go through this. I worry about baby Grace and her adaptation. However, we are not safe and secure at home anymore.
I am sincerely hoping that God will bless our marriage and open up Kevin's eyes, mind and heart in order to truly see the issues that have lead to this. Neither of us is perfect in this situation and I take ownership of any wrong doings I have done. However, Kevin has not been happy in this marriage from the start. He has told me several times that he has wanted to divorce me. Apparently, he thought if we married he would be happy. But marriage is not the answer for that, he needs to be happy in himself first.
He believes that I "tricked" him into having the baby and that I only married him for his condo and health insurance. We have gone to several counselors, 2 of which were with the church. The last counselor we saw thinks Kevin is trying to push me away with his gambling and constant lying. In fact, she stopped seeing us due to his lack of effort in restoring our marriage.
I've tried to talk to him, but he just clams up. He won't even read the Bible with me or pray with me except at meal time. I found out last week that he has taken out even more credit cards and is gambling again. Also, just the other day I found his "business" bank account was -$2,000.00+. This takes us over $10,000.00 in gambling debt within 1 year. Eventually, we won't even have enough money to put food on the table or pay our mortgage. When I confronted him about this and told him that my dad offered for Grace and I to move into his condo, he never even attempted to get me to stay. He never said he was sorry, nor did he seem to care.
I know he loves the baby, but I don't think he ever loved me. If he did he would want to work to salvage our marriage, instead it's like he is pushing us out the door.
I have told him that I am not going to divorce him, just separate from him. I was truly hoping he would work on our marriage with me and we could come back together, with a strong foundation built by God, but he told me that he only wants to work on himself. He said he has already worked on our marriage. He doesn't even wear his ring anymore, sleep in the same bed with me or tell me he loves me. I am so scared and hurt by his actions. It's like he is not the person that I thought I knew and married at all.
Financially speaking, we are in a horrible situation. Kevin says that he is going to go bankrupt rather than be responsible for his actions and pay his debt. He told me that he may even let the condo go back and just move into a small apartment. I don't know what he will do about transportation either, since he took out a loan on his car in order to pay off gambling debt he used on my personal credit card. I've tried to explain to him that if he does this it can all come back to me and hurt my credit too, but he doesn't understand or even care. He just keeps spending more money by gambling and buying new cell phones etc... We also have a joint card with almost $9,000.00 which he doesn't intend to pay anything on either. This card has been our means of food, gas, drugstores, doctor appointments, going out to eat and taking care of all of Grace's needs for a year and he won't even take responsibility for that.
He believes that he is "right" with God in what he is doing. I don't understand how he can think this or even do this to us. I don't want to raise Grace alone. She doesn't deserve this and neither do I. I love Kevin and I want him to become the man of God I thought he was when we married. I never thought in my wildest dreams that this could happen to us. I feel so alone.
Can someone talk to him? Please let him know that this is not the way.
Please pray for all of us.
Love,
Deborah
Love,
Deb
PS I haven't heard from anyone yet, so we will see if it helps or hurts my situation soon enough.
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Dear friends and family,
It is with an extremely heavy heart that I tell you of the separation of our marriage. I have tried to reach out to a few in order to get help, but without response. It hurts so much to go through this. I worry about baby Grace and her adaptation. However, we are not safe and secure at home anymore.
I am sincerely hoping that God will bless our marriage and open up Kevin's eyes, mind and heart in order to truly see the issues that have lead to this. Neither of us is perfect in this situation and I take ownership of any wrong doings I have done. However, Kevin has not been happy in this marriage from the start. He has told me several times that he has wanted to divorce me. Apparently, he thought if we married he would be happy. But marriage is not the answer for that, he needs to be happy in himself first.
He believes that I "tricked" him into having the baby and that I only married him for his condo and health insurance. We have gone to several counselors, 2 of which were with the church. The last counselor we saw thinks Kevin is trying to push me away with his gambling and constant lying. In fact, she stopped seeing us due to his lack of effort in restoring our marriage.
I've tried to talk to him, but he just clams up. He won't even read the Bible with me or pray with me except at meal time. I found out last week that he has taken out even more credit cards and is gambling again. Also, just the other day I found his "business" bank account was -$2,000.00+. This takes us over $10,000.00 in gambling debt within 1 year. Eventually, we won't even have enough money to put food on the table or pay our mortgage. When I confronted him about this and told him that my dad offered for Grace and I to move into his condo, he never even attempted to get me to stay. He never said he was sorry, nor did he seem to care.
I know he loves the baby, but I don't think he ever loved me. If he did he would want to work to salvage our marriage, instead it's like he is pushing us out the door.
I have told him that I am not going to divorce him, just separate from him. I was truly hoping he would work on our marriage with me and we could come back together, with a strong foundation built by God, but he told me that he only wants to work on himself. He said he has already worked on our marriage. He doesn't even wear his ring anymore, sleep in the same bed with me or tell me he loves me. I am so scared and hurt by his actions. It's like he is not the person that I thought I knew and married at all.
Financially speaking, we are in a horrible situation. Kevin says that he is going to go bankrupt rather than be responsible for his actions and pay his debt. He told me that he may even let the condo go back and just move into a small apartment. I don't know what he will do about transportation either, since he took out a loan on his car in order to pay off gambling debt he used on my personal credit card. I've tried to explain to him that if he does this it can all come back to me and hurt my credit too, but he doesn't understand or even care. He just keeps spending more money by gambling and buying new cell phones etc... We also have a joint card with almost $9,000.00 which he doesn't intend to pay anything on either. This card has been our means of food, gas, drugstores, doctor appointments, going out to eat and taking care of all of Grace's needs for a year and he won't even take responsibility for that.
He believes that he is "right" with God in what he is doing. I don't understand how he can think this or even do this to us. I don't want to raise Grace alone. She doesn't deserve this and neither do I. I love Kevin and I want him to become the man of God I thought he was when we married. I never thought in my wildest dreams that this could happen to us. I feel so alone.
Can someone talk to him? Please let him know that this is not the way.
Please pray for all of us.
Love,
Deborah
Monday, March 2, 2009
Saying good-bye to Tyler
February 12th, at around 5:30PM I had to say good-bye to the most wonderful dog I have ever know. My Tyler lived her life for love, food, and sleep. She was always affectionate and caring and made my life wonderful. She loved me unconditionally and was always there for me when I needed her. I could always count on my first baby girl.
I got Tyler when she was just 4 weeks old in the summer of 1997. She was so little that she slept in the lid of a boot box for her first month of life. As a pup, she was great at climbing up stairs, but scared of climbing down them. She loved to run and jump and play and, of course, eat. She grew fast and one day my little puppy that slept in a boot box was 40 pounds, then 50, then 60 then by her 1st birthday she weighed a full 70 pounds! What a big girl you are, Tyler!
I used to sing to her in the morning and at night. She loved it and would give me kisses while wagging her tail. She knew how to sit, stay, lay down and jump up on command and also to speak. She loved treats! She loved other animals and children. She was very protective of anything younger or smaller than her. In fact, her maternal instinct really kicked in while I was pregnant last year. She was very attentive toward me even when her health was slowly declining.
Sadly, on Monday I took her to the vet because her back legs stopped working for her. The vet thought with some medication she would get better and decided to keep her for observation. However, when I came to see my Tyler on Thursday to bring her a busy bone, the vet only had bad news for me. Tyler had declined and wouldn't get any better, only worse. Therefore, to put Tyler out of her misery was the best thing for me to do for her. I said good-bye to my baby one last time. I held her in my arms and sang to her as the vet gave her the medicine that would put her in her final sleep.
Tyler, I will miss you forever. I can't wait to see you one day in Heaven. Now go play with Grandma and Brian and wait for me there. I will sing to you again someday and we will run and play and eat lots of treats. I promise.
Tyler Kelly
July 28, 1997- February 12, 2009
I got Tyler when she was just 4 weeks old in the summer of 1997. She was so little that she slept in the lid of a boot box for her first month of life. As a pup, she was great at climbing up stairs, but scared of climbing down them. She loved to run and jump and play and, of course, eat. She grew fast and one day my little puppy that slept in a boot box was 40 pounds, then 50, then 60 then by her 1st birthday she weighed a full 70 pounds! What a big girl you are, Tyler!
I used to sing to her in the morning and at night. She loved it and would give me kisses while wagging her tail. She knew how to sit, stay, lay down and jump up on command and also to speak. She loved treats! She loved other animals and children. She was very protective of anything younger or smaller than her. In fact, her maternal instinct really kicked in while I was pregnant last year. She was very attentive toward me even when her health was slowly declining.
Sadly, on Monday I took her to the vet because her back legs stopped working for her. The vet thought with some medication she would get better and decided to keep her for observation. However, when I came to see my Tyler on Thursday to bring her a busy bone, the vet only had bad news for me. Tyler had declined and wouldn't get any better, only worse. Therefore, to put Tyler out of her misery was the best thing for me to do for her. I said good-bye to my baby one last time. I held her in my arms and sang to her as the vet gave her the medicine that would put her in her final sleep.
Tyler, I will miss you forever. I can't wait to see you one day in Heaven. Now go play with Grandma and Brian and wait for me there. I will sing to you again someday and we will run and play and eat lots of treats. I promise.
Tyler Kelly
July 28, 1997- February 12, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Weight Watchers Mondays
My friend Emmy and I are starting Weight Watchers on Monday nights at 5:30. While I am excited at the prospect of losing my baby belly, I admit that I generally suck at keeping to a diet. I have tried so many before and given up in just a few days. Here is an example of my many failed attempts at dieting.
Body For Life - lasted just 2 days
Atkins - tried several times and lasted for a 1/2 day each time
Starvation - lasted until I passed out from hunger
Eating Disorders - I don't have the stamina or the control.
Nauseousness from pregnancy - lasted about 5 months and I lost 20 pounds. I also decided that an eating disorder is not for me after all.
So, now I will try Weight Watchers and find out if this could be the diet for me. I would love to lose about 40 pounds and hopefully be in the single digits again in regard to my dress and pant size. How super would that be???
Body For Life - lasted just 2 days
Atkins - tried several times and lasted for a 1/2 day each time
Starvation - lasted until I passed out from hunger
Eating Disorders - I don't have the stamina or the control.
Nauseousness from pregnancy - lasted about 5 months and I lost 20 pounds. I also decided that an eating disorder is not for me after all.
So, now I will try Weight Watchers and find out if this could be the diet for me. I would love to lose about 40 pounds and hopefully be in the single digits again in regard to my dress and pant size. How super would that be???
Friday, January 16, 2009
New moms need sleep too!
If only I could get some sleep! The things I could accomplish would be enormous! Alas, my baby's goal in life is too eat, poop, pee and keep me awake all night. I love her, but I need to change her schedule around in a big way! Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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