Judge granted me a new trial!!!

October is traditionally a month where disasters occur in my life. Don't ask me why. I have no idea. No matter how positive my outlook and the goals I set, it seems October always has my number. This year has been exceptionally bad, dealing with the fallout from this unjust injunction. Finally, a ray of hope has shot over the horizon of November! My attorney called me this morning and said the judgment from before has been vacated. She has placed a temporary injunction but I am one step closer to regaining my place in society. My wife is one step closer to a disaster of her own making. As giddy as I am about the judge's decision, it also pains me to consider the potential ramifications of this trial.

I don't take lightly what is at stake here - I know from firsthand experience how brutal this can be. While I am angry and hurt by what my wife has done to me and our kids with her lies, I still care about her very much. I don't want her to end up in trouble. All I want is my life back, my rights returned and her to get the help she absolutely needs. She was cruel to do this to me but I don't gain anything by seeing her hurt. She will gain little by being punished other than the obvious inconvenience and misery that she can only blame on herself. An actual psychiatric evaluation and a plan of treatment would be the only thing that would have any lasting and beneficial effect.

I am still wondering if she will come to her senses and try to work out a deal. I have so much more evidence and preparation this time around. I went back and did things the legal way this time instead of simply telling the judge what happened like I did the first time. Now I have all my information organized and streamlined. That doesn't bode well for the wife. She doesn't have much she can pin on me but I have years worth of abuse I recorded in my journal that my attorney will help to present. That information along with testimony I and my witnesses have will draw a very compelling picture that more accurately portrays who is the abuser and who has been abused. I am slow but I am not dumb. I have had plenty of time to live with regret about what wasn't said and how I responded. I was lost in the first trial. This time I have my voice and I have a professional to represent my interests. If you are a person who enjoys odds....who do you like better? I'm putting all my chips on myself. I'm all-in and not going to hold anything back. Perhaps my wife will finally stop underestimating me. Only time will tell.