Trying to come up with the real beginning is a tough one.....do I start with being married to my best friend for almost 12 years? With selling everything we owned in the Midwest and moving to Wyoming, where we knew no one? With having two wonderful children with my best friend? With the realization that my children were better off in a happy single-parent home than with a miserable two-parent home? The multiple times I've had friends help me back on my emotional feet after a crisis with my kids, or with my ex, or at work, or with a dating relationship gone wrong?
The truth is....there is no true beginning. Everything that has happened to me in the past, even before I was born or this morning, is all part of who I am. And I am lucky enough to get to decide how it all affects me in the future.
I owe so many thanks to those that have held my hand and my heart over and over again, but also those that have broken it. I have no regrets. It all taught me so much about myself.....that I am so very lucky to have been touched by so many over the years. BUT.....ALAS.....IT HAS NOT AND WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THAT EASY TO SAY!!!!! I am no saint! I have made mistakes, hated, and thrown fits! But again...it all made me who I am today. And hopefully it will all make my children into healthy, well-adjusted, resilient adults who never doubt if they were loved more than anything.
FYI...I'm not shy. I will probably share more than some people want to know and leave questions with others, including myself. I would love any and all ideas, questions and comments!
Tomorrow's Goal: First trip to the gym!
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