We had tickets to return to a more normal life when I was arrested. They were for Aug 24, 2016. I surrendered my passport to the court before that, and they have had it ever since. I am not allowed to leave the country.
My wife has, and potentially still is, considering moving back to the USA without me. None of us want that, so it hasn't happened yet, but it is difficult. We are here on Non working visas, so we are not legally allowed to have a job in Spain, so that doesn't help.
So we have set up a life here... but that is also tough because at any time the court could tell us to get the hell out the country. So really, in many ways, while we have a life most of the world could only dream about, it's extremely tentative, and could be all over tomorrow. Well not tomorrow because the courts don't function during August in Spain.
I can't tell you how much I dream of the freedom that comes along with a little bit of security and stability. And man is it brutal thinking about the possibility of not seeing my daughter again until she is 10 years old.