Reconnected Monday evening with a good friend who I met during my 9 month Leadership York class last year (LY is a selected group of movers and shakers in the community who take classes and seminars for 9 months to better serve York County in non-profit organizations; it was very encouraging and empowering)
But I digress...
So friend and I spent the evening with pizza, beer and Monday Night Football at his place. He has recently become engaged to a woman who was a sales rep to the company he works for. They have talked to each other professionally for a few years but started talking to each other about life in general about 15 months ago. He lives in PA; she lives in Milwaukee, WI. Long story short, they finally agreed to meet face-to-face about a year ago and the rest is history. They both have been divorced for about 10 years and were very wary about getting into another relationship, but they seem to be doing all of the right things to ensure this one works. I'm very happy for their happiness, but I didn't miss the opportunity to share what I've learned from my own situation and the situations I've read about here (no names, of course...). My friend was very interested in what I had to share and several times said,"Wow...never thought about that." So I found myself in the position of unofficial counselor, which was OK.
It made me think about who we are all becoming as we go through our situations and as we share those experiences with each other. Our little community here has helped me more than I could ever express. We have supported each other, encouraged each other, admonished each other and loved each other because we are all in the same boat rowing in the same direction. It's been a hellish, horrible experience but it has caused us to look at ourselves and our lives in a way that we may never have if we had not gone through this. The pain we are feeling now will eventually diminish, but the growth will continue to flourish and we will be better for our God, ourselves, our family and our friends.
I do believe better days are ahead for all of us.
Oh yeah, the other fun part of Monday night...my friend is a licensed firearms dealer and since he is getting married he has several weapons he wants to sell to help pay for the upcoming wedding, honeymoon, etc. So I bought a few early Christmas presents from me to me: a Hi-Point 995 9mm tactical carbine, a Hi-Point 9mm automatic and an original Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 Russian sniper rifle. Can't wait to throw some lead downrange.
H 56 W 48 D27,S21 SS25 SS22 Severely autistic M(#2 for both) 9 1/2 yrs. "I've never loved you" 3/7/2011 Separated 8/7/2011 BITS
