I ACCEPT MY LIFE WITHOUT MY HUSBAND
My separation was hard, I can’t say divorce, because I can’t divorce, I can’t afford it. So I stay bound to a man that I wish I could pull away from so I could get closure but I can’t. As I sit here in loneliness of my apartment I listen to a song by the Dixie Chicks and the song speaks to me. Who put this song on…was it God…it cannot be a coincidence.
I have built my life around you…My whole life was built around this man. My friends were put on hold. If they put together a day of girlie girl time together, I did not include myself because maybe, just maybe, my husband would plan a day that would include me. This was never the case. What was to happen was me alone at home with the kids while he was out with his friends… or probably much worse. I followed him wherever he went, I dropped everything to follow him to Santa Cruz where I knew nobody, promises of a new life…so I thought. All it was more of him being gone for hours and hours but now I was isolated in a town far away from anyone I knew. If he would have said let’s move to the jungles of Kenya, I would have packed my bags and followed him, because in my head I never wanted to stop trying to have “that” marriage with him. He was the first man I loved at innocent age of 17 and he was the man I wanted to raise my grandchildren with. I would continue to do whatever it took. But he was done.
And so I look around my apartment and I open my eyes to reality. My children ARE grown now. I AM getting older. It is time to stop playing games with him. My life consisted of chasing a man that didn’t want to be caught. That game has died, I am much wiser and realize I have dignity now. Why would I want anyone that doesn’t want me. After a while your heart hardens when someone rejects you so much…luckily it was just towards him, thank you God for this gift. It stings, but I think that is my ego and pride because who wouldn’t hurt realizing that truth. But we grow, don’t we, we move on, don’t we, can I handle these changes? My marriage is over. Can I handle that my marriage is over? I have woken up to the same man year after year…I have been afraid of changing. But it’s time! Its time!
It is all about acceptance of what is. I accept that my marriage is over. I accept that it has been over. I am ready to change me, all of me if that is what it takes. Yes I am afraid but like a bad tooth, pull it, just pull it hard and fast and get it over with cause I just want that decayed part out of me so I can heal now. I am now ready to build my life for me, not for him anymore, not even for my children, this second chance of life I have been given is a gift and I am ready to give it a whirl!
Can I Be Amazing After 50? 
It’s painful and hard and sometimes you think you will never get up again. But look at you, you are standing on your own to feet and tonight you’ll sleep on a brand new bed YOU paid for. More and more of these little and big joys are coming your way.
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Believe me it is a rocky road but it is those rocky roads that builds character as long as you get up and don’t stay down. I am having the time of my life being single. Come to find out I have options. Boys like me! I love it!
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and we get up and we get up and we get up don’t we!!!!
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I think acceptance is important but setbacks happen. It is so hard to now think about yourself. You may not even be used to doing things for yourself.
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Your post has me pumped up! I admire your strength and mindset. Way to go!!
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YOUR WORDS MEAN THE WORLD TO ME…HONESTLY…I LIVE FOR MESSAGES LIKE THIS!! THEY GIVE ME STRENGTH!!
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Yes, accept it, but accept above all that YOU are the center of YOUR life, the one most important person in it, YOU!!! xxx
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Thank you, I went to your site and am mesmerized by your beautiful works. Thank you for taking the time to going to my crazy word and thank you even more for taking the time for your beautiful words!
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oh! So sweet! thank you, I am humbled. xxx
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Love yourself, heal yourself, put yourself first, and little by little it will start to feel okay. Then one day you will realize it, you are really better off without him. Really. I feel you girl. I totally understand where you are at. You have given so many pieces of yourself to him it will take a little while to put the pieces of you back together. You are moving in the right direction now, every day you put a piece back. Before you know it you will be feeling whole again, at peace again, content again, and really ready to find the happiness that is waiting for you. Love and peace, Janine
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I really have to say you two always bring me to tears…ALWAYS!!! but in a good way!
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It is really hard to believe, that the person you love so much can even cheat you …its fate.But, its destiny.
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so true
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I completely understand. i have been married for 25 years and i still don’t know why. Thank you for writing this post. You are inspiring. xx
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