This popped up on my thread. I smiled when I saw it. But if I told you who this woman was 5 years ago I would have said she just got by. She tried hard to live a life that really wasn’t her way. She was consumed. She just wanted a simple life. To focus on her girls. Love the simple things.
That didn’t happen. It was probably the last year of my marriage being decent. I just went along with life. I loved my kids and tried hard to be happy but it really didn’t feel right to my core.
Slowly you shift. You are less tolerant of certain behaviors. You bury pain and think you’re living but you’re just getting by.
Do I miss my kids this little? Of course. Do I miss who I was? No. Not at all. I loved myself I didn’t love what I was settling for.
If I could tell her then all she would go through in life five years from then I would have said no way. But if I told her how strong and happy she would be after it was all done then maybe just maybe she would have taken the path sooner.
The journey of life is to unbury pain to uncover your true self to not have regret but to know not to repeat the same mistakes.
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