My last year has been eventful. My husband left a 22 year relationship, two weeks later my sister and best friend had a major stroke, after being a stay at home mom for 15 years or so I found my self in need of a job in a crappy job market. With in the year I signed my sister into a nursing home, took a low paying job at a hardware store (inventory no less, yes counting screws) and finalized a divorce I didn’t think I wanted.

What I now seem to see is, my marriage was broken and my husband actually left long before he physically moved out. My sister who suffered from M.S., before the stroke, was not going to go gently into that dark night and the stroke perhaps saved her many years of discomfort. I moved through the hardware job gaining confidence in the working world to find a perfect job in my children’s school district. I work with learning disabled youth, very challenging and rewarding. Every day I am privileged to witness and in small ways participate in their journey. A large bonus for me is to be on my children’s schedule. I can still be, in a lot of ways that stay at home mom. Attending sporting events, awards breakfasts. etc……

Though you would have been hard pressed to convince me a year ago, every bump in the road adjusts our speed, direction, and even yes I dare say our patterns.

I am thankful. I am thankful that through divorce I am finding myself again. I am pretty cool. I am thankful for the time I had with my best friend and all she brought to my life. I am thankful that though the road still has many bumps, I have the ability to travel over them. AND I am thankful, that at the times when I get caught up, there are people and stories like you and yours that remind me I can see things differently.

Thank you.

Kathie Vincent

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