When my ex-husband left for the first time almost 10 years ago, to go see if there was something better out there because if he didn't he would always wonder, I knew that since he had chosen crazy and irresponsible I would by default have to be sane and responsible and do whatever I had to do to make sure that my children came out of this horrible experience as whole as possible. My children were 10 and 15 at the time. They are now successful happy young adults. I know for a fact that my choice to be the sane parent played a huge role in their successes. My children oft thank me for being the sane one.
You can be the strong one if you want to be. You just have to make that choice and then work on it. One day at a time. One hour at a time. Some days it will be one minute at a time.
~ swl
Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear. {Henry Wadsworth Longfellow}
