Divorce after Twenty years together Community Group
I want to start something for those of us that were married for a long long time. I think that we face a little different issues than those who were dating for a few years or even married for shorter period of time. Being married for so long we have older children some have grandkids dealing with teenagers and their reaction to the divorice empty nesters dating after 40...
Hold On To Your Dreams!!!
disneymom65
Hello My Friends!!!! Disneymom here my apologies for being absent for awhile I will make sure I stay in touch more often. I Pray that all of your journeys have been healing, heart felt, and lessons to learn from. I know for me, I have learned more about myself these past couple years now, then in all the 23 years of marriage. Most of us " old school " women were taught to put our husbands, children, and families needs before our own. If we thought of US and our wants, and needs then that was just selfish and was un heard of.
So we tell ourselves what we want is not important, OUR DREAMS DO NOT MATTER!!!! Dreams give us hope, Dreams give us Strength, Dreams give us the courage to fight for another day, Dreams can push us to do GREAT THINGS!!!! But you have to BELIEVE IN THEM, AND BELIEVE IN YOU.
When I think back on all of the Goals and Dreams I set for myself 3 years ago, when my ex ran out on his family, they pushed me to do better. Oh sure there were many days when I just wanted to give up. Wine bottle and sleeping pills never to far away. Even when people around me would say " T that's crazy you can't do that..... Now that your by yourself " " T why would you try to switch jobs now? Just stay where your at and be grateful you have a job "
I began to feel like maybe my ex was right, maybe I can't do anything, how could I have a house? who's going to pull weeds, paint, hammer fence boards??? Only a husband can do these things right? Maybe I should just stay in the apartment, easier, less hassle, no back yard to clean, who's going to hang Christmas lights on a big house, I don't even have a ladder. Yep no house for T she can't do it BY HERSELF!!!! NO HUSBAND MEANS NO DREAMS ANYMORE, HE'S GONE SO JUST SIT IN YOUR APARTMENT AND WATCH LIFE PASS YOU BY!!! Sound about right friends......
WRONG!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!!! Even though I know my family and friends wanted life to be easier for me, I didn't want EASIER, I WANTED BETTER!!! So I told them no matter how long it takes, No matter how hard I have to work, I will make the Dream of having my own home again someday COME TRUE. I mean i'm Disneymom I have to believe in the MAGIC.
Dreams become Hope, and Hope becomes Possibilities, with Faith, Gods Love, and Strength that you have to sometimes reach down deep for, your Possibilities can give you Ambition and Courage, TO DARE TO DREAM FOR THE LIFE YOU DESERVE!!!! START BELIEVING THAT WHAT EVER YOUR DREAMS ARE......
THEY CAN BECOME........REALITIES!!!!! once you get that there will be no stopping you. Some of you may be having a hard time seeing a future again with any happiness in it. Some of you may be holding on to the Anger, to the Hurt, the Sorrow, the Pain. With such a great loss, all the lies, cheating, scamming, custody battles, debt piled up, and now you have to pay off their half too. IT SUCKS!!!! Trust me I know friends. I also know that holding on to all the crap doesn't hurt them it HURTS YOU!!!! And maybe now is the time you start to focus on YOU!!! YOU ARE WHATS MOST IMPORTANT. Karma will have their day with our ex's, the universe always gives back what you put out... So for some of our ex's it's only a matter of time. Mine calls me crying a lot, what did I do..Blah Blah Blah..... Trust me give it time, time does heal all wounds, and God answers all Prayers, but in his time.
Go out tomorrow and start daring to DREAM OF A GREAT NEW LIFE FOR YOURSELF!!! Keep in touch, post it on here so we can all share in your VICTORY!!!!!!
Life Gets Better Friends.... But you have to want it bad enough.
Big Disney Hugs to ALL!!!!!
GOD BLESS
T
p.s. Pulling weeds, painting, putting up fence boards, and even hanging Christmas Lights, isn't all easy, but I do it, IN MY OWN HOME, BY MYSELF!!!! Well I make my kids help, I took a lesson from my favorite Disney Princess Snow White. What's the point in having Dwarfs if they don't do CHORES!!!!
So we tell ourselves what we want is not important, OUR DREAMS DO NOT MATTER!!!! Dreams give us hope, Dreams give us Strength, Dreams give us the courage to fight for another day, Dreams can push us to do GREAT THINGS!!!! But you have to BELIEVE IN THEM, AND BELIEVE IN YOU.
When I think back on all of the Goals and Dreams I set for myself 3 years ago, when my ex ran out on his family, they pushed me to do better. Oh sure there were many days when I just wanted to give up. Wine bottle and sleeping pills never to far away. Even when people around me would say " T that's crazy you can't do that..... Now that your by yourself " " T why would you try to switch jobs now? Just stay where your at and be grateful you have a job "
I began to feel like maybe my ex was right, maybe I can't do anything, how could I have a house? who's going to pull weeds, paint, hammer fence boards??? Only a husband can do these things right? Maybe I should just stay in the apartment, easier, less hassle, no back yard to clean, who's going to hang Christmas lights on a big house, I don't even have a ladder. Yep no house for T she can't do it BY HERSELF!!!! NO HUSBAND MEANS NO DREAMS ANYMORE, HE'S GONE SO JUST SIT IN YOUR APARTMENT AND WATCH LIFE PASS YOU BY!!! Sound about right friends......
WRONG!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!!! Even though I know my family and friends wanted life to be easier for me, I didn't want EASIER, I WANTED BETTER!!! So I told them no matter how long it takes, No matter how hard I have to work, I will make the Dream of having my own home again someday COME TRUE. I mean i'm Disneymom I have to believe in the MAGIC.
Dreams become Hope, and Hope becomes Possibilities, with Faith, Gods Love, and Strength that you have to sometimes reach down deep for, your Possibilities can give you Ambition and Courage, TO DARE TO DREAM FOR THE LIFE YOU DESERVE!!!! START BELIEVING THAT WHAT EVER YOUR DREAMS ARE......
THEY CAN BECOME........REALITIES!!!!! once you get that there will be no stopping you. Some of you may be having a hard time seeing a future again with any happiness in it. Some of you may be holding on to the Anger, to the Hurt, the Sorrow, the Pain. With such a great loss, all the lies, cheating, scamming, custody battles, debt piled up, and now you have to pay off their half too. IT SUCKS!!!! Trust me I know friends. I also know that holding on to all the crap doesn't hurt them it HURTS YOU!!!! And maybe now is the time you start to focus on YOU!!! YOU ARE WHATS MOST IMPORTANT. Karma will have their day with our ex's, the universe always gives back what you put out... So for some of our ex's it's only a matter of time. Mine calls me crying a lot, what did I do..Blah Blah Blah..... Trust me give it time, time does heal all wounds, and God answers all Prayers, but in his time.
Go out tomorrow and start daring to DREAM OF A GREAT NEW LIFE FOR YOURSELF!!! Keep in touch, post it on here so we can all share in your VICTORY!!!!!!
Life Gets Better Friends.... But you have to want it bad enough.
Big Disney Hugs to ALL!!!!!
GOD BLESS
T
p.s. Pulling weeds, painting, putting up fence boards, and even hanging Christmas Lights, isn't all easy, but I do it, IN MY OWN HOME, BY MYSELF!!!! Well I make my kids help, I took a lesson from my favorite Disney Princess Snow White. What's the point in having Dwarfs if they don't do CHORES!!!!
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Always good to hear from you, my dear. You are a shining star in your New Life and it's so good that you come back to share your joy with us!
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So good to hear everything's going well for you. Painting is a skill. It seems to come naturally for some. I always seem to get the paint dripping back up the handle and next thing it's up to my elbows. I have no idea how it happens! LOL. So good luck. I hope you're one of the clean painters.
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As always, thanks for sharing and encouraging us all! hugs
What a great inspiring post . THANKS !
I hope that I can print that out and save it so I can read it every time that I give up hope.
My dreams were lost when my x left me , but I now have a new
wife that I’m building and fulfilling some of my old dreams and new ones with her. Sometimes it’s not easy and I’m haunted by my past , but that’s short lived..... I GO ON !!!!!
God Bless .Timeman
PS. I just want to say : Many of you woman (And Men) here on D&S are amazing people,on where you came from , what has happened to you and what "NOW" you have accomplished . What you all have over come ................ It truly amazes me ......... Well, I want to say to all of you , It's really a pleasure to have met all of you . And I know that in my heart ..... God is going to continue to take care of you (Me)....
Thanks for all your help .... Without you ............. I don't know how I could have made it through some of the hardest times in my life ............. A BIG HUG TO ALL OF YOU !!!!!
In Viet Nam my fellow soldiers and I became brothers because we shared something special and life changing with each other . We always address each other as "brothers " . I somewhat feel the same here with all of you ... We all shared something special with each other (Good and Bad) and ....... life changing I feel that you are my (Other) sisters and brothers. .
..................................(UNLESS YOU"VE BEEN THERE ...you don't know ) We surly know !
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Hugs!!