Southern Charm's Kathryn Dennis Opens Up About Losing Custody of Her Kids — and the Thing That Makes Her Break Down in Tears

Kathryn Dennis is anxiously awaiting the day she can spend time with her kids whenever she wants — and without people around her questioning her ability to be a good mom.
Monday’s episode of Southern Charm showed Dennis returning from rehab but as embroiled as ever in a years-long custody battle with ex Thomas Ravenel, the man she met on the show and welcomed two children with: daughter Kensie, 3, and son Saint, almost 18 months.
Though Dennis is fully committed to proving her sobriety and her commitment to her children, she knows it’s not going to be an easy path. In one particularly gut-wrenching scene from the season tease, Ravenel takes their children away as                 

Dennis legally cannot speak about the ongoing custody arrangement with her ex, but she does tell PEOPLE that getting to spend limited time with her kids has been “the most difficult challenge I can imagine anyone could ever go through in life. Those are my two angels.”
She confesses, “There are so many days when I just see a toy or something randomly misplaced and break down in tears.”
Leaning back on the work she did in treatment to improve herself and strengthen her sobriety, she notes, “I’ve learned that I have cope right now because there is an end to all of this custody [conflict]. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. And I have to remain true to myself and remain resilient in my recovery. There’s going to be a day when things get back to normal, and that day’s getting closer and closer.”