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Friday, March 06, 2009
Hello Friends
I think it's time that I open up about something going on in my life. I've obviously been out of blogging for a long time and many of you have asked me about it. I've been so preoccupied with other things going on that I haven't had time or emotional energy for blogging or keeping in touch or, sadly, being a good friend. So please don't take any unreturned emails, Facebook messages, or phone calls personally.
Many of you have heard about this by now but some probably still haven't. The last couple of years in particular have been really rough for my marriage. Things have not been going well and despite our best efforts and several months of counseling, we have not been able to work things out. After over a year of thinking and praying and soul-searching, I finally filed for divorce at the beginning of January. Anyone who knows me knows that this is not something I came to quickly or easily. But it is something that I believe will be for the best in the long run for everyone involved.
We've continued living together the last couple of months and keeping it together for our boys' sake. I think we've done a pretty good job of keeping them out of it and I hope we can always be successful in that. We both love them more than anything and we both have their best interests at heart.
We haven't worked out all the details yet, but things are starting to come together. I've leased an apartment nearby and the boys and I will be moving out at the end of this month. There is a daycare that I've toured several times that I feel really comfortable with for Sam that is 1/2 mile from my apartment, and Noah's elementary school is just 1/2 mile from that. I've started working part-time while the boys are in preschool. I work retail on the weekends and I work during the week (preschool hours) at a CPA firm in Houston and will hopefully move up to full-time there when preschool lets out at the end of May. Although accounting has never been my favorite thing, I'm really grateful that I've been able to get a good job after being out of that world for almost five years. And I'm unbelievably grateful for the baby and toddler years I had at home with my boys.
Anyway, so that's what's going on over here. Life's hard sometimes.
Many of you have heard about this by now but some probably still haven't. The last couple of years in particular have been really rough for my marriage. Things have not been going well and despite our best efforts and several months of counseling, we have not been able to work things out. After over a year of thinking and praying and soul-searching, I finally filed for divorce at the beginning of January. Anyone who knows me knows that this is not something I came to quickly or easily. But it is something that I believe will be for the best in the long run for everyone involved.
We've continued living together the last couple of months and keeping it together for our boys' sake. I think we've done a pretty good job of keeping them out of it and I hope we can always be successful in that. We both love them more than anything and we both have their best interests at heart.
We haven't worked out all the details yet, but things are starting to come together. I've leased an apartment nearby and the boys and I will be moving out at the end of this month. There is a daycare that I've toured several times that I feel really comfortable with for Sam that is 1/2 mile from my apartment, and Noah's elementary school is just 1/2 mile from that. I've started working part-time while the boys are in preschool. I work retail on the weekends and I work during the week (preschool hours) at a CPA firm in Houston and will hopefully move up to full-time there when preschool lets out at the end of May. Although accounting has never been my favorite thing, I'm really grateful that I've been able to get a good job after being out of that world for almost five years. And I'm unbelievably grateful for the baby and toddler years I had at home with my boys.
Anyway, so that's what's going on over here. Life's hard sometimes.
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