I can hear the replies from folks now. I almost feel as though I shouldn't post. Just looking to vent though.

When I left the house, I remember hearing her say she wouldn't go to couples counseling. I remember her asking me more than once why I was still at the house, what was I doing there. That there is no US.

Now she insists I abandoned my family. The family I took care for 7 + years. My son and his stepsister who I cared for nearly every single day since they entered my life.

We have an appointment with a couples counselor this weekend. Wife asked me if her attorney should be there. Asked me what to expect from the session. When I said no attorneys and I didn't know what to expect other than to talk about our situation, I got a text so long it wouldn't fit on my phones screen.

I emailed my wife the day after I left saying how I offered to help out with the kids errands and getting them to school. That I still loved her and want more than anything to work things out. She very plainly wrote back that she didn't want to fight over email. But she texts me several times a day about one thing or another I've done wrong. Some I reply calmly to. Others I ignore.

She's agreed to go to counseling and I'm hoping that one time leads to another and another. I'm observant of how unbelievably calm and full of resolve during all of this. I believe this can work. I'll accept it when it's over if it goes that way, but I can't believe a resolution can't be had, but she's so incredibly angry. One step at a time. I believe.