A thank you letter to divorce.
Thank you for showing me second chances at life.
Thank you for showing me that half is sometime stronger than whole.
Thank you for showing me I am stronger than I ever could have imagined.
Thank you for showing me love is all around me if my heart is open.
Thank you for showing me true loneliness.
Thank you for showing me that I can be alone without being lonely.
Thank you for teaching me the art of patience ( ok, I may still be learning).
Thank you for teaching me to be strong because weak is simply not an option.
Thank you for teaching me that it takes incredible strength to be vulnerable.
Thank you for teaching me that tears hold as much strength as muscles.
Thank you for teaching me that being open minded is opening your mind to those you’d like to close it to most.
Thank you for teaching me respect doesn’t have to be earned to be extended.
Thank you for teaching me to forgive without an apology.
Thank you for teaching me to grant empathy to those who often deserve it least.
Thank you for the emotional capacity to be the mother I always knew I wanted to be.
Thank you for giving my children the content mother they so deserve.
Thank you for the weekends I have to myself.
Thank you for the time for new adventures and experiences.
Thank you divorce for the confidence to go to the movies solo.
Thank you for the man in the club who asked if I was 22.
Above all else I can thank you for, thank you for me.
The happy me.
The hurt me.
The broken me
The strong me.
The determined me.
The motivated me.