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Taking Back My Life

I created this blog and haven't done much with it yet.  To be honest, writing is a passion I kind of lost during the last few years of my marriage.  I realize now that I lost interest because things were so bad and I didn't notice them.  My goal is to start creating content more regularly here going forward. I'm a little more than a year out since my husband walked out.  Things are a lot better than they were.  I've found that I'm stronger than I knew.  I am still rediscovering who I am because I lost myself in the last few years.  I still have bad days and I still get stressed out when I realize my husband left and I'm a single mom--two things I never thought would happen.  Communicating with him can be difficult, but I've learned to stand up for myself and I don't respond when he is rude. It's not easy, but it gets easier.  You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and before you know it, you are living in your new normal.  This isn'