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mistimp

So what are you doing to make the best out of your life??

Posted on 05/14/08, 01:05 pm

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Reply #1 05/14/08 10:34pm

GeocacherNY

" I Could Feel Sorry for Myself, but I Won't :) "

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W0vASF5...

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Reply #2 05/15/08 9:27am

swirlingmisery

Living. I have ups and downs all day because it's still so new. But I know I will survive. If you have even just one thing positive in your life, I think you can focus on that and then expand from it once you start to get stronger. Making it through the first month is probably the roughest. But I believe if you can make it through that first month, then you're safe. Past that you can think more clearly and find other things to focus on. Good luck to everybody.
Reply #3 05/16/08 8:41am

justdecember

I agree. We have to make it a point to stay positive and to strive to be grateful over the things we do have. Someone else always has it worse than you and if they are surviving then we can survive to. I look at all the many people who have gone through what I am going through and worse and if they can still smile and Thank God then I can do the same. We are strong enough to overcome any battle.
Reply #4 05/19/08 11:01pm

HeathH

I am trying very hard to make the best of things. This is without a doubt the hardest and saddest experience I've ever had. It has been almost 7 months since he walked out for his "new love" and I still break down and cry uncontrollably sometimes. Some days it starts first thing and lasts all day. And then I have days where I am just fine.

I met him when I was 16 and got married at 18. I left school to get married and start a family, so I never got to finish my education, and I have never worked. So now I am trying to make up for that. I will be taking my GED next month, and I have been madly trying to find a job that pays decently. The child support is very undependable, so I need to be able to do it without that.

We are so much better off without him, and my kids are much much happier. I just need to accept and learn to be alone. I think thats the hardest part for me. I'm 31 yrs old, overwieght, and not getting any younger. I'm just affraid of being alone for the rest of my life. Oh well, if I am, I am. I'll deal with it the best way I know how.

I am very grateful for having my boys. Thay are healthy and happy. My family is by my side 100%. And I am healthy (for the most part). For now it is enough.
Reply #5 05/30/08 8:11pm

34hope

When I was faced with my divorce I made a decision that I would become a better person because of this. I did not want to be defined by my divorce and become a bitter person. It will be two years this August that I moved into MY house and two years this October since the divorce. I have a beautiful four year old son that I have 50/50 custody of. I am trying to be a positive loving person and put the needs of my son first. I am trying to find the positives every day.