The every day every day
Living a divorced life has been quite the change for me! My first post here back on my Erin Wilson Everyday blog/site I talked about my recent experience going through a divorce after infidelity. I add the infidelity part because overcoming a big betrayal and new reality has shaped my life. It changed me from the core.
The biggest change was having my kids 50% off the time. It’s hard to accept this life after a large betrayal however it is part of it. I have been with my kids all their life (working a lot) but I always got to see them. This is the first time (the last coming up on two years now) I’ve been without my children for a while. This thanksgiving was a little change …this is what my images are from (iPhone). This year my ex-husband let me keep the kids for a dinner one evening during Thanksgiving week and I made them a ‘thanksgiving themed breakfast for dinner.’ It was really fun to cook for them an even though my life looks different and my time is cut in half with them I’m still trying to find places to find little glimmers of happiness. It may only be one day this thanksgiving week but I tried to do everything I could and enjoy every moment I have with them.
It’s funny how life can change so quickly and you don’t even know when your last Thanksgiving with your entire family is going to be or the last holiday you get to enjoy the happiness and blissful ignorant joy. I do yearn for those days when I had my little family together…so badly. However I have learned to focus on the moments I do get with my kids and I try to make it the best I can. This wasn’t the life I chose but because I did make a decision to try and live life on my own with them I will do what I can do!!
I post this to share a few things with you:
1) you can do hard things, I did some really hard things and I don’t think I’m the strongest person around
2) cherish every moment you have with your friends and family because things can change so quickly you never know when it’s your last
3) take it one day at a time and look for the glimmers
Love,
Erin