I have to admit, I'm struggling here. I'm more ambivalent than I imagined I would be. You're marrying my ex-husband. I want to ask you if you're crazy, but that wouldn't be very nice. I want to hate you, but that wouldn't be very nice either. So instead, I'll pray.
My prayer for you, as difficult as it may be for me to voice, is that your fiance is not the man he was when he was my husband.
I pray that when you talk to him, he truly listens to you.
I pray that you are a companion rather than a conquest.
I pray that he cares more about your hopes and dreams than he does about his own.
I pray that he never sees your accomplishments as competition.
I pray that the only woman he looks at, and looks to, is you.
I pray that you are never compared, except in a good way, to the other women in his life.
I pray that the words that come from his lips are kind and loving.
I pray that the only touch you know from him is sweet and gentle.
I pray he treats you like a treasure and guards your heart.
I pray that your experience is different than mine because I wouldn't wish mine on anyone.
....But if things aren't what I pray for you, I also pray that you know your worth enough to walk away. These are hard things for me to pray, because these things should have been mine. But the past is the past and there's no changing it.
I can't offer you friendship, but if you love my children and treat them well, I will give you my respect.
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