I know exactly what you're saying about how you felt when you walked. I felt like I was suffocating, like I had been living this life and being someone I really wasn't. I had spent so long trying to be the perfect wife and supporter, suppressing all the things that I wanted to do and emotions that I felt, that somewhere along the way I completely forgot that I used to be a rather feisty and determined woman! In the short time that I have been on my own, I have felt some of that old "pre-R" me return and it's like I want to open my arms and say "Welcome back!" Yeah, you're right - I forgot how much I liked who I used to be and I guess that's a big part of why I am not ready to return home. I want to make sure that I get all of me back before I am ready to commit to anything because I don't want to lose me again so soon!
Me (WAW) 30 H (LBS) 31 T since 6/10/1994 M 8/8/98 No kids S 3/10/08 D filed 6/9/08; put on hold 7/14/08 D finalized 10/13/08