So what did you learn this year?18:59 Jan 01 2008
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One of my member’s posted this question in our coven….
What have you learned this year?
Let's see my year. January 2nd, I told my husband that I was leaving him. On December 28th we had a huge fight, basically 2 hours of him telling me everything that I have done to ruin his life. So, without talking to my best friends (Vlkodlak and HG) or my family, I made the decision that I was unhappy enough and had been long enough to leave him.
At the end of January, I asked my ex husband to be, that he get a Home Equity Loan to pay off all our bills before we parted. He threw me out of the house. Just me and my two dogs, thrown out into the snow. What a wonderful start to a New Year.
At the time, I was living in a hotel with both my dogs. My Parents came up from Florida to get all my stuff out of the house. My mother was just starting a MS attack and my father was just out of the hospital. Yet they came up to West Virginia from Florida to help their “baby.” Once they we got all my stuff put into storage, they gave me money to make it up to my Aunt’s house in NY. It filled my heart, to know that my parents were there for me, yet again. I burst into tears when I saw my Mom and Dad. I love them completely. It just shows that even a 35 year old woman still need her Mommy and Daddy.
For 5 months, my Aunt put me and my two dogs up. She is a wonderful woman and I think that we became closer, the longer I stayed. Along with my mother, I consider her one of my best friends. She is misunderstood by her kids and honestly her kids are too self absorbed to take the time to do anything but criticize her. She has a great sense of humor, a very caring heart and a wonderful understanding way about her. I love her with all my heart and she made my time with her bearable. When Harley was injured and would yip in the middle of the night in pain. Aunt Donna paid for me to get her meds and have her checked her out. While in NY, I was told I possibly had Breast and Lymph Cancer, but both came out negative with tests. At that time, I felt that my year couldn’t get any lower and hoped it could only go up from there. It did.
In March, I had an amazing thing happen. I finally got to meet for the first time, the man that I had been talking to for 2 years, online, that live 3000 miles away. I had been talking to this man for over 2 years and was there for him, through the crumbling of his marriage. He became one of my best friends and I began to depend on his laughter, logic and caring attitude, even though we had never met and lived 3000 miles away. He had helped me through the break up of my marriage, the same as I saw him through his. This is the man I had spent Christmas and New Years, on a web cam, watching movies and it was the best Christmas and New Years I had spent in a long time. But finally, instead of cyber hugs, I was going to get to meet him. He flew over to New York and spent a week with me. All I can say is it was amazing to finally meet Vlkodlak in the flesh. It was the coming together of two lost souls, holding onto each other like life preservers. It was the beginning step for each of us….toward healing.
Beginning of May, I began the Guardian of Darkness with Vlkodlak and Hellsguardian as my Assistants and began collecting kindred spirits from around VR. At the end of May, I was invited to my Sister in law’s house who lives in the same state as Vlkodlak. I drove to Chicago and met up with Vlkodlak and the 4 of us made the trek across the states together. V, Harley (my lab), Maddie (dashund beagle mix) and I. It was a great time, as V and I got to know each other better. We started making plans to live together. My sister in law, told me to go to Vancouver and help V find a place to live, that would take the dogs. We found a place, but Maddie was injured due to her negligence. As Maddie slowly recovered, I never forgot the betrayal I felt, for my dog being injured in her care. V and I decided to never look back and have been together ever since.
The things that I have learned….
I have learned that being a loving individual, is not a personality fault. That there are some people that appreciate friendship, caring and a kind ear. I learned that I am a stronger individual that I ever thought and I have wise words to ease someone else’s pain. I also have a sharp tongue when one of those I care about is threatened.
I look forward to the new year as my life continues to unfold. I wish to try to get a job and to have a child. To buy a house and to live my life with my love. What I learned???
I learned what love was. I learned that love doesn’t hurt, physically or emotionally. Love caresses your face, cups your neck and kisses you like you were in the movies. Love dirty dances in the kitchen in the morning and cuddles in the dead of night. Love laughs and teases. Love appreciates the little things you do. Whether it be cleaning the house or making your dinner. Love is hugging someone when he comes home from work, or kissing him goodbye as he leaves. Love helps you learn about yourself. Love helps you realize that you are ok, no matter what you do.
So, this is what I learned. What have you?
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