Divorce grief

In some small ways, I think I will always grieve the loss of the family that I set out to create at 26-years-old when I married my ex-husband. 👰🏽‍♀️

I poured everything I had into the life we were building and the fact that it looks so drastically different from what I had hoped and that there was so much pain involved towards the end is sad. 

That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the peace and growth I’ve experienced since the divorce, and the reality is that two seemingly opposing things can be true at the same time. I’m sad about the loss of our family unit as I once knew it and I’m also proud of myself for doing what ultimately was best for all of us. 

Processing the grief of divorce is an ongoing experience and one that I hope helps me heal even more over time. But I can’t shake the idea that a part of me will be sad forever— and maybe that’s one way that I’ll have to honor the grief of divorce. 

🫶🏽 Bethany