Trudging up hill

[ediemarie]

It's funny you mention the rough year. Have Faith said the same thing today. But, in thinking back over it, I remember being upset, really upset at times, but it wasn't the worst year of my life. I had a lot of other postive stuff going on - I started a new job (teaching), met new people, read tons of stuff, focused on my 4 neices, there were so many good things going on. THAT is the value in DBing. I GAL'd without even really knowing I was doing that. And because of that this past year wasn't a complete waste. I can see how someone that is waiting for a spouse to get off the fence and isn't gal could view his/her time as wasted or awful. If your whole life is wrapped up in your spouse and they aren't meeting your needs and you choose not to gal you really run the risk of falling into a deep depression or worse making your self ill either mentally or physically. It is so important to GAL just for your own sanity. I never really saw that for myself until this evening. Just had an epiphany - thank you!