"When I found myself in the wreckage of my third marriage, I finally woke up to the wrenching truth that marriage isn't for me. I looked back on my relationships and came to the sudden realization that, as much as I tried, maybe I'm not the marrying kind, have no idea what I'm doing, or am clueless about what makes a good life partner or how to be one. Or, likely, all of the above."
"After a year of learning to breathe again following my last divorce, I distracted my mind by teaching myself how to make candles, sitting with myself and crying to heartbreak songs, and then belting out empowerment and fighter songs way too loud. I realized that I had not lost. I was not lost. I was finally found. I didn't feel hollow or bitter. I felt I was becoming...someone. I could just be without having to be just right."
"I have been married three times. I have been divorced three times. And now, I have gracefully bowed out of dating or the thought of remarrying. I learned from each of my marriages: Patience, forgiveness, self-reliance, and how to pack a moving van. Even after all this, I still believe in love. But as much as I believed, and worked, furied, and frayed for love, I walked away with my heart an empty, deflated paper bag, wrinkled and ripped, unable to carry another thing."
I have been married and divorced three times. I learned patience, forgiveness, self-reliance, and how to pack a moving van from each marriage. After the collapse of the third marriage I realized marriage was not for me and decided to stop dating and remarrying. I still believe in love but felt emotionally depleted and unable to carry more. After a year of healing I taught myself to make candles, sat with my feelings, cried to heartbreak songs, and belted empowerment songs loudly. I rediscovered myself, felt found rather than hollow, and embraced living a life I love.
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