Maybell...I like your word "intentional." It is so hard to wake up hurting, make a conscious decision to love someone who doesn't love you back and act accordingly. I really look at myself in the mirror every morning now, and not just to shave. It reminds me who I am. That there is dignity in standing for marriage when your W wants out. That the pain and grief have value, if only to ourselves. And it reminds me to give those things to God. I can't change them, but he is happy to take them away.
I sure hope you're right.
The knife in my chest is hurting bad today.
Me 47 - W 35 M 9 - T 10 2 Daughters - 7 & 9 Discovery of EA- 8/4/14 S - 8/5/15 D mentioned - 9/11/14 R & Piecing - 3/17/15 Regard one another as more important than yourselves. - Philippians 2:3