I am a magazine art director. I was married for 19 years with no children, just dogs. I'm a nice guy; I'm sensitive, honest, and straight-forward. I try to be patient, helpful and supportive for my friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:55:12 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.2.0.6584 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/164877/1213247854.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/164877 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/1168580 I'm on my own now and choosing on July 4th to celebrate my independence and have faith that future will be better and better. I hope you, my friends, will be able to do the same. I apologize for being less active here for the last couple of weeks while I have been dealing with some significant r... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:38:03 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/1128191 My house has sold and the close is July 15. I have held off mentioning it here for a couple of weeks because I didn't want to jinx anything, but everything is proceeding well and I am praying it continues. The buyers have made the usual request to fix some things, so I've been getting t... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:15:12 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/1123687 On this Father's Day I celebrate the lives of my dogs Molly and Zorro. They may be gone physically from this world, but their spirit lives on in heaven and in my heart. Molly loved everyone without reservation and had such a zest and joy for life. Zorro was a harmless, gentle soul who somehow de... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:54:53 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/1049287 My life has changed so much these past eight months. The experiences have brought changes and growth to all aspects of my life, especially my love life. I want my friends here to know that I have fallen in love with the most wonderful woman in the world! It has been years since I have felt this aliv... Tue, 13 May 2008 15:22:27 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/1038994 I apologize for letting this entry lapse for four weeks. Let's just pretend I'm writing 30 days ago and it's April 8 instead of May 8... Today (April 8) I am officially single. I was called before the judge at 9:00. My lawyer asked me his questions, I answered, and the judge made so... Thu, 08 May 2008 22:45:39 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/1015278 My hilly half marathon took place Sunday morning, and I did better than I expected. This is a race of 13.1 miles, and I finished it in 1 hour, 56 min, 6 seconds, completing each mile in 8 min 29 seconds, which is nine minutes faster than the race I ran in January. My best race performance ever!... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:07:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/939406 I have some news. My court date is April 8 at 9 a.m. God willing, I will be divorced by 10 a.m. Also, my house is finally on the market. I've been working toward both of those goals for the past six months and I'm happy to have made it this far. Yay! Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:18:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/901225 My waiting period expired yesterday! It's been six months since my stbx walked out. Our legal paperwork will be signed shortly, and I will be single before the end of March. What an amazing, unpredictable six months this has been. At times it has felt like six years have passed; at other times i... Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:11:25 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/901081 Finally the weather is a little warmer here. I ran up and down a ten-story parking garage a few times, and Sunday I will start running outdoors on hilly terrain. My Sunday runs will now be 10 miles long. No sweat, though, I love it. I'm very much looking forward to doing well in my race at the e... Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:56:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/814583 My training is on schedule for the hilly half marathon. If it weren't so frigid and icy in Chicago this winter, I'd be outside running up and down hills already. My sister and I came up with a great idea for me to run up and down the 10 story parking garage near where I work. There's no ... Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:45:03 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/780057 The stbx was served her divorce papers this afternoon. Yaaaah-hoo!!!! She may have walked out on me, but I reserve the honor of divorcing her for it. At least I still have my pride. I'm the plaintiff, she's the defendant. Even though we agreed to go with irreconcilable differences, I'm t... Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:35:52 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/771013 So it's Saturday night. While my stbx is out with her boyfriend, I'm gathering plates, bowls, glasses, silverware, pans, bed sheets, pillows and towels to ship to her new place, because she asked. And I'm a decent enough guy to pack them so they won't break. How exactly did I get to ... Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:51:55 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/164877/journal/744331 I'm back from a vacation at Disney World. I ran in a half-marathon last Saturday and did far better than I ever could have hoped. Training for this race for the last four months kept me focused on a simple, clear, achievable goal. Whenever I felt depressed or lost or overwhelmed by my divorce or... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:41:05 +0100