A Southern Rehabilitation

What do you do when your heart can't quite seem to mend itself? Oh, you think you've got the pieces all put back together. Some of the pieces are a little chinked up and some of the pieces don't quite fit back together like they used to but overall you've been able to glue the shattered bits of your heart back together again. It's not the prettiest "fix it job," but it's lookin' darn good for being smashed to smithereens! You've been thinking, "Hey, I'm on Recovery Road and it feels good." At times you even do a little Happy Dance. Yeah,well, that is until it's less than 40 days away from my 22 year old son's wedding or my father-in-law is literally moments away from dying or I just spent the last three hours sitting at a restaurant with my ex- husband talking about his dying father, about how our marriage fell apart, taxes, the rehearsal dinner plans, and how our children are struggling in a myriad of different ways. Th...

Have you ever wondered what the term "letting go" actually means? We say it all the time. You need to "let go" of that hurt. You need to "let go" of the pain such and such is causing.  "Let it go" and move on.  People say to me, "You're just going to have to 'let it go,' Dawn." Every where we turn we seem to hear those words. There's even a VERY popular song called "Let It Go."  (If by some miracle you don't know the song, you can listen to it here ). It really is a pretty good song... now if only I could be that brave. Let my hair down, shake off the old dress for a stunning gown, stretch out my arms and sing my heart out! The thing is, HOW do I just "let it go?"  I am working on trying to figure that out. It's the very last day of March. This means the one year mark for our Separation is only 14 days away. 14 days and we can file for divorce. It is very doubtful that it will happen on ...