Thanks, wii...it has been a bit hard and has brought up stuff. But also another way to grow, to learn. I am just trying to be careful to not get too sucked in, so I am helping her collect a wider support network. She has been very embarrassed, esp since this is her second marriage and it was "supposed" to work. I made some calls for her today, to a few of her other friends, to her pastor, to her x. She hasn't told her x much (she was the one who left him back then, and now she is dealing with guilty feelings about what she put him through, to boot). He seemed genuinely sad for her.
I went to church this morning and got to talk with another friend who I got to know through our common divorce sitches. She is further along than I am, so it was good to touch base. I think it will hit a nerve for any of us for many years down the line when we are confronted with reminders of the journey - it is something that definitely leaves scars that bleed easily. But we get something out of sharing and helping, too - if nothing else, a reminder of how far it is we have really come.
It was a bit of a lost weekend for me, but I think I was were I needed to be. Work comes around again in the morning, and there are only 8 teaching days left, then one post-day. It will have me fully occupied for that duration, and then I can turn my attention to the other parts of my life. The kids and I are getting more and more excited about our trip to GA/FL at the end of the month.
