With more than half of marriages failing today, the number of people who have been through a divorce is astronomical. People who have been married to the same person all their lives are becoming an anomaly in today’s society. It is heartbreaking to see the number of children coming from broken homes as a result of this travesty. That being said, it is comforting to know that we, nor our children are alone in this journey. Everywhere you turn there are people who have gone or are currently going through the same thing, you just may not know about it.
While I was at the doctor’s this morning she asked if I had been under any kind of stress lately. I laughed to myself and mentioned in passing that things had been pretty stressful with my ex-husband lately, but that I would be ok. Most doctors have you in and out within a couple of minutes. They do a quick evaluation and send you on your way. Instead, this woman sat and talked to me about her own experience. She wanted me to know, that while it doesn’t really ever get any easier, that I would be ok. She wanted to make sure I had a good support system of family and friends to help me through it and gave me some advice on what had helped her the most when she was going through her own difficult divorce with her young children.
I would never have known that this woman had gone through similar experiences to mine. It’s not something I talk about with just anybody. But she reached out to me as one single mother to another to let me know that I was not alone in my trials. So many people have gone through what you’re going through. They understand the hardships of raising a child alone. They understand how difficult it is to get up every morning and face the day ahead because they’ve been there. You are not alone in your struggles. Everywhere you turn there is someone who understands just what you are going through and is simply waiting there to wrap their arms around you and tell you that you are going to be ok.