Long story and I'll try to make it short! My kids were returned to me two days ago.

Last Wednesday when I did a wellness check with the local police they had met my Ex's landlord. The landlord then asked for my information to understand what was going on. She explained how my ex hasn't paid rent for 6 months and was attempting a 2nd time to evict.

Then come last Monday and I get message from her that states my Ex is back from our of town and my girls are with her. If you call the warrant we had on her couldn't be expedited and informed by other state law enforcements. Had I waited another day the FBI would of then been involved.

Not willing to risk it I made the hard choice of calling the cops on her. So did the landlord. The cops showed up 30 mins later and she was arrested on the bench warrant. My landlord shared a ring camera video with me. In the video it can be seen she is being arrested. She then asks to see my girls. The officers say 'Are you sure you want them to see you in handcuffs?' and she says 'Yes! They need to see what their father has done because I tried to protect them '

The unfolds horrific scene of my girls crying and hollering. Breaks my heart. I then show up 20 mins later. They were two cats a and a bunny that seem to have been neglected. So I take them too since my Ex went to jail. Not that way I wanted it to go down and yet I didn't know another option.

My Ex currently has a stay away order for me and my kids that is temporary. We have court in two weeks. The next day she was brought to court. In court she tells them that the kids are now with the abuser, their dad, me and the court has enabled this.

The judge says in her 10 years of being a judge it's rare for a custody battle to reach the point of one parent getting arrested for not following the order.

Since then my girls in some ways have returned like nothing has changed. In another , I noticed more distance with my older one who is 8. They have told me that if Mom told them that if they feel unsafe around me to call 911. And that they can do so even if my phone is lock.

Ive been searching for a therapist for them. They had already been seeing a therapist through their mom that does in-person, free and is through a reputable agency. Yet I'm afraid the therapist are tainted by the Mom. And then again I've gone through 4 CPS investigations in 45 days. Last week I found out my Ex filed a 4th one in PA. Luckily the girls didn't meet with a forensic psychologist again.

The road ahead is long. I'm going to fight the girls never see Mom again. They don't deserve this chaos. This will be hard because they are bonded to her and will miss her. Most likely will be angry with me and see me as the person keeping them from her.

At the same time we went sledding yesterday, have enjoyed many laughs in the last few days, and have great plans this weekend.

Such a wild rollercoaster. Wish I could say it was over but I've thought that so many times before.