Gratitude

I am grateful. Being grateful and thankful are similar in meaning and interchangeable expressions. To me, being thankful can be more in the moment or temporary when something good happens to me or for me, like receiving a gift or helping me out. You did something nice...

Post-Divorce

When I separated from my spouse, I was physically removed from the toxicity and instantly felt free. I was off the drug of keeping the focus on my spouse while trying to change and bend him to my will. But I was still hooked on the marriage and shackled to my spouse...

Divorced

I decided to move on. I knew he would never make the first move, so I invited my spouse to my apartment for coffee and told him my intentions to divorce him. To my surprise, he accepted my decision but disagreed with it.  My spouse lived at the house, and I took...

Struggling

When my spouse and I split, he told me never to ask him for a dime; I haven’t, he stayed true to himself and never offered me a penny. Before I left my spouse, I did a lot and now that I’m on my own, I do it all. Freedom is expensive, and I find myself struggling...