Is Anyone There?

It's been a long time since I published a post. I've written-but haven't really felt confident enough to hit that publish button. Maybe I won't this time either, but I just have to have an outlet right now. I just need to feel like someone's there for me. I've prayed a lot about the feelings and thoughts I've been having. I KNOW He listens.

My father left my mother last week. She woke up and he was gone. How do you walk away after 32 years of marriage? Not even a backwards glance. Just there one day and gone the next. I know I'm married and living my own life but I'm really upset about him leaving. I just don't understand him. I think he's being selfish. He hasn't called any of us. He's forgotten he has children and grandchildren that love him. He doesn't care that we are floored by his actions. He doesn't want to own his responsibilities anymore. He doesn't want us in his life. It angers me. It hurts me. He's hurting my girls. They don't understand why he left. They don't understand why he doesn't want to see them anymore. They don't understand why he's living with another woman who is not their grandmother. I can't help them understand because I don't understand it either. The fact is, daddy's do walk out, husband's do walk away. We don't have to like it or understand it. We just have to learn to accept it. He doesn't want us to be his family anymore. He wants to start over. He wants to move on. He's walked away and left mom not sure of what to do. Broke, and soon to be homeless. She's legally blind and can't even drive. He's left his 3 grown children to pick up the pieces while he enjoys himself-carefree. He's patting himself on the back right now. I'd like to knock him over the head.