I never thought in million years I’d be were I am today, DIVORCED, and a single mom. But this is my life now, and I’m doing the best I can to live it. But I am living it, I’m surviving and believe it or not I’m happier now than I was when I was married. Don’t get me wrong, my marriage wasn’t a bad one, it just ended in the worst way possible. One day, out of the blue, the father of my five kids, my best friend of thirty years and husband of twenty-four of them, decided he no longer wanted to be married to me. Talk about a sucker punch. I was devastated to say the least, not having any answers to the questions that plagued me day in and day out. I couldn’t help but ask what I did wrong, why did he fall out of love with me and into the arms of another woman, a woman who lived across the street and up until that moment, called herself my ‘friend.’What would I do? I had never taken care of myself. I was always his girlfriend, his fiancé and then his wife, and now I was suddenly single. I needed to learn how to take care of not only myself, but my kids also. I was literally terrified I would fail. Two years later, I see how far I’ve come from the woman who cried herself to sleep, to the woman I am today. A woman who has learned that she can take care of herself and her kids. I got through it and became the strong independent woman I never thought I could be.I went through all the emotions that a divorce brings, from sadness, anger, acceptance, then sadness, and anger yet again, etc. Now, I’m going to fully admit that I’m not a counselor, or a professional in any way. But what I am, is a woman who has gone through a divorce. I’ve struggled and honestly, sometimes I still struggle. It’s only natural, but what I did do was survive. I survived days I thought I wouldn’t, and if I survived, you will to. I’ll be honest, it wasn’t easy, but if I did it, so can you.What helped me through that time was some amazing friends and realizing I wasn’t alone and that others have gone through the same devastation as me. Knowing there are others out there going through the same thing helped me more then I could ever express. I know it may not seem like the pain you are going through right now will ever end, but the pain will subside. You may not think it will, but it does. My goal now is to try and help others by telling my story and how I survived and the things I’ve learned and am still learning along the way.