This was a beautiful post that really resonated with me. Thank you so much Ruthie. I also married young, at 21 (just a baby!) and went through a traumatic, heart-rending divorce just two years later. Of course I expected that marriage to be the rest of my life, that husband to be my "forever person", our wedding vows to be honored. I was so hopeful, yet so unaware of my own wounds and expectations, and stories about love and worth. Ultimately, when something isn't right for our soul, it has a way of coming undone. My marriage imploded. I thought I would never love again. Yet, that undoing has been the greatest gift of my life. That darkness taught me things that never would have surfaced in the light. It took many years of hard work, healing, forgiveness, and grace to arrive. But here I am - living a life beyond my wildest dreams with a partner beyond my highest hopes. All that pain, all that heartbreak, all that betrayal has been redeemed. It helped me come home. Ultimately, it has set me free.
I love that young Ruthie. So much of the essence of you resides in her keen face. Made me misty.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was a beautiful post that really resonated with me. Thank you so much Ruthie. I also married young, at 21 (just a baby!) and went through a traumatic, heart-rending divorce just two years later. Of course I expected that marriage to be the rest of my life, that husband to be my "forever person", our wedding vows to be honored. I was so hopeful, yet so unaware of my own wounds and expectations, and stories about love and worth. Ultimately, when something isn't right for our soul, it has a way of coming undone. My marriage imploded. I thought I would never love again. Yet, that undoing has been the greatest gift of my life. That darkness taught me things that never would have surfaced in the light. It took many years of hard work, healing, forgiveness, and grace to arrive. But here I am - living a life beyond my wildest dreams with a partner beyond my highest hopes. All that pain, all that heartbreak, all that betrayal has been redeemed. It helped me come home. Ultimately, it has set me free.
Oh I love how you view this today! Wow!!! Beautiful