tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post5320795843647920780..comments2023-11-18T09:28:47.732-08:00Comments on Living here now: Mediation with a StrangerDenise Emanuel Clemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-63086322372621183262014-11-14T20:58:24.190-08:002014-11-14T20:58:24.190-08:00I am seven years post finding out my dh of 16 year...I am seven years post finding out my dh of 16 years was thinking he would start a life with a woman who was in jr high when we married. We divorced and are now friends and things are good. But reading your blog that I just found brings back how I felt so defensive and bewildered of our years together. How could he remember them with such muddied glasses and my glasses looking backwards were rose colored. I wanted muddy glasses. I wanted to hate our history. But I couldn't because I was looking at a four and seven year old and they were beautiful. I wanted X-rays of the past too. What if.... Why....how... Thank you for your writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-45034451898193070412013-11-16T22:23:54.385-08:002013-11-16T22:23:54.385-08:00found you through Elizabeth. your writing is fant...found you through Elizabeth. your writing is fantastic, real and raw. I've been divorced TWICE now and, sister, we could talk BITTER for days. Your description of the days and weeks before your ex dropped the bombshell are most poignant ... the lives we lead are full of illusion that we buy into until, on a dime, the world changes utterly. <br /><br />At least we are living lives truthfully now, right? Taking the lessons learned and puttin' on our big girl panties.Tarahttp://my86400sec.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-84904431812501994182013-10-26T20:25:11.194-07:002013-10-26T20:25:11.194-07:00I sent this post to my husband but as usual, he ha...I sent this post to my husband but as usual, he has made no comment. It's hard for him to relate to my complex stew of emotions related to my first marriage - never having been married before himself.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152215204773184788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-56576752396546408512013-10-10T19:47:35.456-07:002013-10-10T19:47:35.456-07:00I, too, like it when you purge. Keep going. It'...I, too, like it when you purge. Keep going. It's not over until it's over, I guess. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-43463957337394709872013-10-10T18:39:37.532-07:002013-10-10T18:39:37.532-07:00I like it when you purge. You purge beautifully in...I like it when you purge. You purge beautifully in glittering shards of honesty. <br />It's good to do it. And a little bitterness- ah, it can be a spice in the great soup of it all. <br />You were betrayed. How would you not be somewhat bitter? There is a difference between focusing on the negative and being honest about it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com