The Little Black Book

[runningoutoftime]

Now that I give 99.99 % of me and who I am to him without the hurt and resentment mixed in he gives back so much too. I just wish I would have found this out a much less painful way.

I think it's really hard to find that balance... where you give so much, but still retain yourself. I think for those who have children it's even more difficult because some of us tend to lose ourselves in our children and then continue this into our marriages.

I think sometimes it really does take some painful things (like separation and divorce) to wake some of us up. It's almost like I had to fall completely apart (and being a strong person in general I had to fall far!) in order to build myself back up.