This is an odd question. I think I'm not in the right headspace to make it.
For 30 years I was married. We had a lovely and loving family life.
We were on holiday years ago and found a local artist selling brightly coloured paintings of cartoony people and we bought one that showed a family that matched ours: Dad, mum, 2 big boys, 2 little girls. It has hung in our living room for years.
I also have a framed paper-cut of us all - not really us, but people in a piece of art that match our family. The papercut even has our dogs.
And a little statue of elephants the same size as us: Dad elephant and two big boys, mum elephant and two little girls.
It all sounds horrendously naff, doesn't it??!! Haha. Try not to focus on that. Just some lovely things that are a part of our family story.
Last year my husband betrayed us all in the most appalling way. He shattered our happy family and left. It has been awful. The children and I have been left bewildered by his actions and struggling to right ourselves. I do know that while the hurt is fresh now, it won't always be this raw. I also see how important it is to the children to know that our happy times were real. I will never forgive him, but they will and they need to and I understand that.
What do I do with the art?
What did you do with your framed family photos showing you all smiling and happy? His deceptions have been going on for years - many photos show him smiling, while I now know he was already acting appallingly.