Sometimes our lives take a turn we never saw coming. I'm treating this blog as if I were writing it as an autobiography, of course with names protected as it's going to be very raw. Maybe it will be my therapy, maybe it will be entertaining to others. No preconceptions.
Growing up, divorce was a four letter word in my household. My parents are still happily married after 30 some-odd years. They don't sugar-coat the fact that it hasn't always been easy, but they're still very much in love after all this time. Here I am, 10 and a half years with my now estranged husband, almost six of those years married, I'm at a crossroad in my life. Stay in an unhappy marriage, mostly unhappy on my part, for the sake of my young son. Or leave now, while I'm still young enough to figure out life and possibly end up happy. I made my decision, but it doesn't mean it's easy. Sometimes the right decision is the hardest to make, as I'm finding out with more than just the end of my marriage.
So I'm going to walk through the last 10 and a half years of my life, and then we'll get to my new reality. I'm sure it will be filled with ups and downs, but the hope is to come out better and stronger on the other side.
Enjoy.
