I may not have the official worst divorce ever, but my counselor, the police, my lawyer, and social services tell me I do.
It has been a while since I posted last. I have been very busy. So to all of you that have said prayers, thank you.
Back in December I was driving an hour to work each day (2 hours round trip). One day in January a man came up to me and asked if I needed a place to stay. He found me an apartment. It was owned by the catholic church. They were very helpful, and practically gave me a 2 bedroom apartment.
My sister called and brought me a house full of furniture. It included dishes, towels, and even decorations.
(If any of you need to get up to speed to my separation before December, just look at my previous posts.)
On New Years Eve during a visitation exchange, my wife's boyfriend got out of her car and threatened to "beat me up".
On January 18th, he did just that. I was dropping the kids off. He came up to me, and said I was talking trash about him. I told him I never did. He pulled out pepper spray and blinded me. Then he pulled out a small night stick (called a blackjack), and hit me repeatedly on the arm, head, and back. I was taken to the hospital by ambulance. They flushed my eyes, did a CT scan, and released me that night. I lost 3 days of work because of that.
He was arrested, and posted bond. Three days later he was driving past my house (on a dead end street), right after a judge ordered him to have no contact or communication. I called the authorities, and told them. They never did anything.
Around February 2nd, I got a call from Social Services. Someone had made a report that I touched my kids in a sexual way. This devastated me.
A few days later I got a summons to appear in court. It said my kids were victims of child neglect. I was very worried, but found out at the court hearing that it was the wife that was being charged with neglect, not me. Someone had reported her using drugs, and when my kids were questioned, they confirmed that "mommy would ask her boyfriend if he wanted to get high, then they would go to mommy's bedroom". The allegations of sexual abuse against me were found unsubstantiated.
In March, she plead guilty to child neglect. Three days later, her boyfriend pulled up beside me and shot me.
The first bullet entered though my drivers side window, and struck me in the left arm. I put the car in reverse. The second bullet hit my hood.
He was arrested on attempted murder.
Two weeks later, in juvenile court, the judge gave me custody of the kids.
After I was awarded custody allegations really started to fly. I was accused of drug abuse, and accused again of sexual abuse.
It has been a long, painful divorce so far.
I go to court next month for final custody in the divorce. Please pray for my kids, myself, and my wife. Also pray for the man that shot me.
It has been a while since I posted last. I have been very busy. So to all of you that have said prayers, thank you.
Back in December I was driving an hour to work each day (2 hours round trip). One day in January a man came up to me and asked if I needed a place to stay. He found me an apartment. It was owned by the catholic church. They were very helpful, and practically gave me a 2 bedroom apartment.
My sister called and brought me a house full of furniture. It included dishes, towels, and even decorations.
(If any of you need to get up to speed to my separation before December, just look at my previous posts.)
On New Years Eve during a visitation exchange, my wife's boyfriend got out of her car and threatened to "beat me up".
On January 18th, he did just that. I was dropping the kids off. He came up to me, and said I was talking trash about him. I told him I never did. He pulled out pepper spray and blinded me. Then he pulled out a small night stick (called a blackjack), and hit me repeatedly on the arm, head, and back. I was taken to the hospital by ambulance. They flushed my eyes, did a CT scan, and released me that night. I lost 3 days of work because of that.
He was arrested, and posted bond. Three days later he was driving past my house (on a dead end street), right after a judge ordered him to have no contact or communication. I called the authorities, and told them. They never did anything.
Around February 2nd, I got a call from Social Services. Someone had made a report that I touched my kids in a sexual way. This devastated me.
A few days later I got a summons to appear in court. It said my kids were victims of child neglect. I was very worried, but found out at the court hearing that it was the wife that was being charged with neglect, not me. Someone had reported her using drugs, and when my kids were questioned, they confirmed that "mommy would ask her boyfriend if he wanted to get high, then they would go to mommy's bedroom". The allegations of sexual abuse against me were found unsubstantiated.
In March, she plead guilty to child neglect. Three days later, her boyfriend pulled up beside me and shot me.
The first bullet entered though my drivers side window, and struck me in the left arm. I put the car in reverse. The second bullet hit my hood.
He was arrested on attempted murder.
Two weeks later, in juvenile court, the judge gave me custody of the kids.
After I was awarded custody allegations really started to fly. I was accused of drug abuse, and accused again of sexual abuse.
It has been a long, painful divorce so far.
I go to court next month for final custody in the divorce. Please pray for my kids, myself, and my wife. Also pray for the man that shot me.