After 33 years, "my heart had moved on"
The Divorce Diaries, 5
Not all divorces enter divorce purgatory. The divorce featured in this installment of The Divorce Diaries took just six months to complete. This was possible because a) their children were grown, b) they agreed with how to split their assets, and c) they maintained a lot of good will, despite the fact that they had been married thirty-three years. But as you read below, both are thriving in this new phase of their lives.
They have one of those divorces that I marvel at, and yes, am a bit jealous of… an amicable one. They remain good friends and even vacation together with their grown daughters. The writer shares resources that allowed her to do the inner work necessary to be able to identify she wanted a divorce after so much time and to navigate the proceedings with grace. I too have found myself surprised at my capacity to handle the nuances of divorce with a strength that seemed absent in my marriage. She writes of how she has no regrets about how things transpired and you can feel that she loves this new person she has become in this stage of her life. Read on for her sweet story of how she and her ex parted after signing their divorce papers.
“I think it’s important for women to know that divorce can look like this, too. It takes work and luck and the right combination of circumstances and personalities, but it is possible.”