TheAlligator wrote:
> "sf" > wrote:
> >I think you racted like a loving father. Unfortunately, you made
those
> >statements in front of John Law. They reacted kindly... but you're
on
> >record now, so if you actually follow through - not only will they
get
> >you for retaliation, it's predetermined.
> >
> >Feel good that your little girl can take care of herself and not be
a
> >victim!
> >
> >
> >
> No chance of following through. Self-defense is one thing, but
murder
> is out of the question. I think we're all doing pretty well now.
She
> has tried to carefully think over things so that she can drop the
> latent fear that he could find her. I don't think so. My outlook on
> a lot of things changed this week. I don't know if it's temporary -
I
> hope not. I found a side of me I don't like very much, and I want
> that to go away.

"Gator" (as you know who calls you) - you've gotten in touch with your
feminine side! Remember the saying comparing mothers with mother
tigers? That's you right now.

Be happy you can feel these feelings and have control over them. I can
not tell you I've been in THAT situation, but I was in another that
involved my children's active imagination about death and me coming
home to an empty house (hubby had taken them somewhere). I freaked out
for about an hour calling the police, local emergency hospital etc. It
happened about 20 years ago, but I still get a knot in my stomach when
I think about it.