How was your vacation? I want to hear how you liked my city (or didn't). I SO wish I could have been here but I was up to my ears in a reno at the cottage.
This too shall pass...
Mine was read in court without me present as well. It was stamped. I got a copy in the mail. One month after the court date is was official. And it was the week my mother died. And maggot wrote to the newspaper telling everyone she was marrying my H! It was painful but it subsided and I have to tell you that it gets better.
Once you know it is over and there is no going back you do move forward. Dates are hard for all of us. Why did so many of us split in August? - seems to be a big month for it. But you will get to a point that it will just be another day. Or you will do something special and be kinder to yourself that day.
On the day my divorce became final there was no fanfare - I just knew. And I sat down to dinner with my kids, poured us a glass of wine (not Ashley) and calmly told them that it was official. But I toasted my marriage and told them that if I had not married their dad I never would have had them. And they are the most precious people - the best thing that ever could have happened to me and that I was grateful to their dad for giving them to me. I remember that day now in a good way because of that toast.
