I often wonder if I will ever fully heal from my divorce. A part of me thinks I will not. A painful breakup or divorce sticks with you. I continue to look at my past as a learning experience that I've grown immeasurably from. Stay strong and good luck with this new relationship. We all deserve someone special in our lives. *hugs*

It will be one year on August 1st since I left my ex. I still have to see him because we have a daughter together which makes things so much harder.

I am with GloBoz, sometimes I also wonder if I will ever fully heal from my divorce. I think things will get better, but I don't think I will ever be the same. I will always have that hurt in me somewhere deep inside. I will not settle for less though, even if it hurts. I am curious to see where I will be emotionally 1 year from now. Hopefully I will be in a much better place.

I am far enough down the road now to know that it will never heal. It is always an open wound that refuses to scab over. that is the reality of the human condition. But it does get better, we become better people simply because of the pain we have endured. Even if we are the one who made the decision. The way God intended was to have two people join together and then find their way through thick and thin, through anything and everything. To throw in the towel, for whatever reasons, is to deny the power of forgiveness and healing, which is His way. The sadness never leaves, but Hope and Joy does come through the sadness. Thankfully. Love to each of you who endures this loss.

There will always be a wound or a scar in your heart, after a divorce. Even the worst marriages had some good times.

My first wife cheated on me, tried to stab me, knocked me down in the street with her car, had an ex lover threaten to kill me, and she loaded a gun and aimed it at me and pulled the trigger. It didn't fire because she didn't release the safety. When she took her eyes off of me, to look why the gun didn't fire, I took the gun.

She got cancer 3 years ago and died Jan 10th, 2013. I visited her in the ICU, stayed all night in the waiting room, visited her at the hospital care center, went to her visitation and her funeral. There was still the good memories of 2 young kids., one 16, the other 19 facing the world together as husband and wife. Sad it turned out the way it did but, that's life.

I think we heal but the scars are left so we remember the pain when we look at the scar. It's natural. It's been a year for me. I don't want the relationship back - but the memories do sneak up sometimes -but I don't feel the crushing pain I once did - I am dating better these days, with a better outlook and I also love spending time SOLO - the experience was of growth for me.