Good for you. And your kids. Not gonna even go into the whole jehova witness stuff because I don’t agree with it but won’t or try not to judge people. My first wife had 2 kids from her 1st marriage. We were together for 12 years and she found someone she liked better than me. Left her 2 kids behind. She left her son with me and said she took her daughter and moved from Florida to Massachusetts but lied to me and left her (my) 15 year old living with her boyfriend and his family about 10 miles from me. Her (my) son knew about it and kept up the lie for about 6 months until her (my) daughter couldn’t continue the lie and showed up at my door crying and missing her dad (proudly to say me). I was really pissed. I mean super pissed. She made these kids lie to me so she could have her own party life and was afraid I would call HRS and want custody of my girl. In the end they both left and moved where she was for a short period and the boy started a family and started a relationship with his biological dad. But my little girl moved back close to me and started a family. Got a happy Father’s Day from her and melted my heart. Got remarried about 15 years ago and she gets along great with my daughter. I feel blessed. Sometimes you are better off without someone.
Wow! You’ve been through the wringer. I’m glad you were able to find some happiness, and that your relationship with your daughter is good. May you have many more years of life’s blessings.