Sometimes in LIFE certain things “stick out,” & you don’t know why until much later…then everything seems to make sense.
A very dear friend is going through a difficult time. It’s the night before the judge officially ends a decade of marriage…a milestone not treasured, endured at best. What do you say to someone in this situation? I know how my heart broke at the loss of a loved on after a year, imagine 10 or 15 years?
Years ago I discovered this letter. It’s not exactly the same thing but I know I felt the same way I feel tonight the first time I read it…of course I changed the names to Dear John & Jane to protect the innocent, *Giggles. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Dear Jane,
It seems like forever since we’ve been together. These last few days until your divorce seem longer than I expected. Maybe I’m just taking more time out to think about my own situation & how I should handle it. I can only imagine what you are going through tonight.
I don’t know what the “right thing to do” IS in this type of situation. I’ve never been blessed with a spouse & children so I could never even imagine losing them in an instant after 10 years of marriage. You must be feeling so many things all at once right now.
A mix of EXCITEMENT for the new life that you have to create for yourself & the REGRET for the loss of the security 10 years of marriage provided you. Knowing what to expect from day to day, good or bad …at least you weren’t surprised. I know it will be hard for you but tomorrow will be the “1st day of the rest of your life!”
In these past few months our friendship has grown to love & our shared pain has helped build a connection that heals us both. Our journey so far has been together, making memories & creating promise for a brighter future. Tomorrow our paths must part. I love you…and I know that you need to take this leg of the journey alone, you have to relearn who you are before you can every really know what you want in life.
So my darling girl, go be beautiful…show that man all that he has lost. Not just your outward beauty but the inner glow of knowing that you are standing there in front of him as a confident SINGLE WOMAN. Proclaiming to the world that you NO LONGER will let his SHAME reflect on your LIFE.
Your husband cheated on you, you will need some time to discover all the things you have been missing all these years. I don’t want to be your consolation prize…go experience being a SEXY, SINGLE WOMAN & then come back to me if you still choose me. Know that I love you today more than ever & I look forward to meeting the you that you will become.
Always yours,
John
“Now where are guys like this in real life???”
*Giggles
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