Divorce Has Some Benefits

Since I've told people about my divorce, I've gotten six free meals and loads of compliments over how much weight I've lost. 'What's your secret?', they ask, 'South beach?' Uh no, it's stress and I wouldn't recommend it.

My boss has been extra nice and caring and will chat for a half hour at the end of each day to ask me how I'm doing. I get texts from friends checking in on me, my mom has made me dozens of home-cooked meals and walked with me in the woods countless times. Neighbors ask if they can help with the kids and friends from states away can almost seem to sense when they should do a check-in to say, 'How are you doing?' My sister answers my calls and my texts at any time of day or night and is always there to lend her ear or to put her own hilarious sarcastic spin on the situation. My children give me extra hugs and will snuggle with me on the couch for hours.

Today, sitting at my desk, I got an email notification stating that there is a new blogpost on my son's kindergarten website. I open the link and bam, there's a picture of my sweet son in the clothes that he had on this morning playing with one of his friends. (I love 21st century parenting.) Immediately tears pop in my eyes. I love my kids, they are my world, just seeing an unexpected picture of them is enough to cause a lump in my throat.

This crap with my husband has taught me that he's no friend of mine and doesn't have my back, doesn't have my best interests at heart but there are a lot of other people who are and do and as long as I still have them and my childen standing by my side, I'm a very lucky woman.