Dear justtheret..., I don't know what it's like to go through a divorce because I've never been married. But, I am a single mom, a Christian, and I also have MS. It can be hell at times(Imagine if YOU had a child--I have a daughter to raise alone--I've been a single parent from DAY1!!!!), but my relationship with God, and dependence on Jesus, plus the love and support of family and friends, is what gets me through. Stop telling yourself that nobody will love you again--you don't really know that for sure, and negative words will affect what happens to you. Know that you have friends here at DailyStrength.org who know about the struggles, because we all have this disease too. God bless!

you are still very lovable!!! look at it as a screening tool.anyone who won't want you because of m.s. would also have bailed on you if you ever got in a car wreck that left yoy permanently dissabled,got cancer..... those kind of people you don't want to spend your life with anyways.
hang in there.divorce is always a bad time even for the healthy.but it does get better

Things will get better for you. If he has a drinking problem and doesn't get help, you're better off without him. Try the Codependence forum too... you'll learn a lot and hopefully realize how much YOU have to offer.

There is a website out there called mspals.com I think. You can find friends there that also have MS... just an idea

You know what? ___t happens. It's going to happen again and again. How you survive the ups and downs is by knowing that you love you along with others loving you.

The worst thing you can do is to stop loving yourself. If you don't love yourself, you can't love another person. You need to know deep in your heart that you have much to offer and then give it away to others. There is no point in having so much to offer and holding on to it for fear of getting hurt.

My history has a roller coaster ride with many times falling off the darn thing altogether. I had no parents and blah blah blah... I'm sure that there are others here whose stories would make us cry.

Now I can only pray that you don't give up on yourself. We love you. You love you as well.

In regards to your present situation, let go. But by letting go, you are perhaps doing something exciting for yourself. Somewhere out there God made someone just for you, who will love all the good and bad in you. Perhaps that someone will only be the person looking back at you in the mirror. But that is a wonderful person too.

I hope that someday you will trust in the love that is out here just begging to be taken and then nurtured only to be sent out again. Because in my humble opinion, the greatest love you can have, is the love you give away.

Much love
MaggieO

I went through a VERY ugly divorce about a year ago and I know how hard it is (I was 34 at the time too). You feel like no one will ever love you again (I mean I often wondered who could ever love someone with MS and all this baggage!) So now I'm a single mom of 5 beautiful daughters and I'm doing ok! I've gone back to work and I've really found out just how strong I am. My best suggestion is to take things one day at a time and know that God has bigger and better plans for you (no matter how hopeless it seems right now). It's not easy, but it's doable. You're in my thoughts and prayers and I wish you all the best. Be strong!