2 Failed Marriages, 4 Kids Later, & Life After Divorce
Sep 11 '09
The Bottom Line There is LIFE after divorce (again)...trust me!
Wow, I've been gone over a year now from Epinions. Almost forgot where it was...just kidding!
For starters, I'm hoping to be back in the full swing of things and will start writing reviews again. But wanted to share my story of where I've been and where I'm going.
Life has taken it's toll on me in the last year and a half. As most of you may know I was married to a man 25 years older than me back in 2000. After 8 years of marriage and a child born to us in 2003, we split last September. I went from being a stay at home mother for almost 15 years to a single woman of 4 children looking for a job to pay rent and buy food! Talk about a system shock! Yikes!!!!
Between dear neighbors and friends and family members, I found a job working for one of my awesome neighbors. She is a local Mary Kay Sales Director, whom I've grown very fond of. She is a dear dear friend of mine now-even though she's still a "boss". The dear Lord didn't stop there though, as I had another dear neighbor/friend who just happened to have a home on the market that she and her husband let me rent. Moving out was hard, but moving on was even tougher as I realized I was alone with 4 children depending on me to give them a good stable home.
Life was really hard at this point....the love of my life was gone. I was barely making ends meet when back in January I was diagnosed with pre-cancer of the cervix. Not only that but I had found out that the insurance I thought I had was no longer available as my soon to be ex took me off of it with out notifying me. More hard times to deal with, but the dear Lord didn't stop carrying me through all the testing and procedures that had to be done to make me healthy again for my children's sake. In March I was cleared of the pre cancer cells.
After a long year of waiting patiently for a divorce, as of September 9th, I'm free. I am now dating and have been for awhile to a younger man than myself. It's strange to look back at the hardships in my life with not knowing if I could actually live my life alone with my kids and be happy. I have found that I CAN make it on my own. I CAN live my life with out any man in it telling me HOW to live my life or HOW to take care of my children. I am proud of what I've done in the last year as I've moved out of my friend's home, still working for my other dear friend and making a life for my children and myself...ALONE.
There is life after divorce (again), there is hope and there is peace. I'm free...I'm loving and living life to it's fullest with my children and I just hope that if there are other single mothers out there going through what I've been through - know that when you are down and out and you think nobody on earth knows what you are going through....there IS. Put all of your worries into God's offering plate and let Him do His work-because in the end, He has carried you through everything and you will find the peace you so deserve, my dear friends!
I'm looking forward to the future and I'm looking forward to writing reviews on products soon :)
Until next time.....
~Alisha
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