So beautiful. I also had an ill-advised early-20's marriage that ended in divorce and led me to my now partner who is actually perfect for me and never would have given me a second glance if I had not been married when we met (my marriage gave us the space and comfort of developing a friendship with clearly defined boundaries that aren't always easy to establish naturally). I always love to see how women grow through the weirdest parts of our twenties together and then help the people we know who end up finding themselves on the same path.
thank you so much for your words here, elise — they resonate for me as i navigate a very difficult break up. i have found so many balms and reflections of my truer more expansive self in the mundane every day movements, tasks and wanderings as i ebb and flow through grief. a year of magical thinking is one of my favorite books and david whyte, always. i don't have much else to say except that i am grateful to witness my own experience reflected in what you've shared, to feel a little more hope and a little less alone. xo
This is such a beautiful perspective. Though I’ve never been divorced, I did leave a 5 year long very serious relationship and though it was one of the harder decisions I’ve ever made, I would not be the full, thriving, and deeply happy person I am now had I not taken that very scary leap. I love the way you speak of your husband now, sounds like a true partner in ever sense of the word 💛
So beautiful. I also had an ill-advised early-20's marriage that ended in divorce and led me to my now partner who is actually perfect for me and never would have given me a second glance if I had not been married when we met (my marriage gave us the space and comfort of developing a friendship with clearly defined boundaries that aren't always easy to establish naturally). I always love to see how women grow through the weirdest parts of our twenties together and then help the people we know who end up finding themselves on the same path.
thank you so much for your words here, elise — they resonate for me as i navigate a very difficult break up. i have found so many balms and reflections of my truer more expansive self in the mundane every day movements, tasks and wanderings as i ebb and flow through grief. a year of magical thinking is one of my favorite books and david whyte, always. i don't have much else to say except that i am grateful to witness my own experience reflected in what you've shared, to feel a little more hope and a little less alone. xo
This is such a beautiful perspective. Though I’ve never been divorced, I did leave a 5 year long very serious relationship and though it was one of the harder decisions I’ve ever made, I would not be the full, thriving, and deeply happy person I am now had I not taken that very scary leap. I love the way you speak of your husband now, sounds like a true partner in ever sense of the word 💛
yes and yes and yes. grateful for you and your honesty and the little wonderful fragments of life we’ve shared over the last seven years!