Suddenly Single & Thriving

I started writing this blog about 1 year into separation. Here we are at 3.5 years and I'm still separated, not divorced. There are a lot of reasons I'm not yet divorced, but I'm not going to get into it right now. The important thing is that I'm three and a half years closer to being me again. Healing is definitely a process and when you've spent 20 years in an unhealthy environment, it takes awhile to detox from the negative thought patterns and reactions. The thing is I finally feel like writing again. This is huge as writing has always been a passion and I haven't been interested in doing anything for quite some time. So here I am. The purpose of this blog is to share what separation and divorce looks like for me. Everyone's journey is different, but it can help to see other points of view. This is my story. I don't claim to represent any other person going through divorce. Just me. About Me: --I'm a forty-something woman in Can...

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.  ...