The high road: rocky with a great view

[leahsue]

I agree, Ciluzen. I, too, LOVE to read your words. You have a gift for word pictures. And although I feel so bleak today in my own sitch, just reading your words gives me hope that even if my M ends in divorce, I can still use this time to re-invent myself. I just wish I had the energy and body strength at 59 that I had 15 years ago, when I began this journey with H. My sister is in a 35 year marriage with a man (who I love like a brother) in the mid-stages of Parkinson's, and it was a dead marriage with them living as roommates, even 5 years b4 the diagnosis. So she is in a very trapped situation, and it's slowing growing worse each day. She told me not long ago, you know, I know you hate where you are in your love life right now, but if I thought for a second that I could just start over like you, right now, I'd be so happy and free.
Goes to show you, none of us are ever appreciative of where we are, and someone else's story can either make us more thankful, or more wistful, for something we don't have.
Today I'm trying to be thankful for what I DO have, and that's my health, my children, my friends, my dog (named Leah BTW), my home, my air conditioning, my cozy bed, and most of all, my freedom.