Wow, Allison, I loved all of this! That first line really hit me. And this was beautiful - “I hope he came tumbling back as a giraffe, tall and strong, with very little chance of being split in two, shaking himself, clearing his wet new head from a very strange dream.”
This was such a powerful story, raw, real, honest. So much of it spoke to the innards of my own long marriage that I chose to end after 33 years--I didn't think I could put it back together. No, that's not completely honest. I didn't want to put it back together. Too much pain, hurt, disappointment, resentment. A way of being with each other that was set like concrete after so many decades together. I knew the work that would need to go into fixing what maybe couldn't be fixed, and I was so damned tired. (The happier ending is that we had a very amicable divorce, in the end). But you're doing it, Allison, doing the hard work of relationship, which starts with ourselves--thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Wow, Allison, I loved all of this! That first line really hit me. And this was beautiful - “I hope he came tumbling back as a giraffe, tall and strong, with very little chance of being split in two, shaking himself, clearing his wet new head from a very strange dream.”
Thank you so much, Holly!
This was such a powerful story, raw, real, honest. So much of it spoke to the innards of my own long marriage that I chose to end after 33 years--I didn't think I could put it back together. No, that's not completely honest. I didn't want to put it back together. Too much pain, hurt, disappointment, resentment. A way of being with each other that was set like concrete after so many decades together. I knew the work that would need to go into fixing what maybe couldn't be fixed, and I was so damned tired. (The happier ending is that we had a very amicable divorce, in the end). But you're doing it, Allison, doing the hard work of relationship, which starts with ourselves--thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Your comment resonates with me so much. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and reading my words!