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Blogs > heavenly_body39 > heavenly_body's celestial fun

The Thing About...  

heavenly_body39 68F
445 posts
9/20/2006 7:16 am

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9/22/2006 12:40 am
The Thing About...
feeling so 'raw' is that this is where the true meat of life lies. And when the underbelly of life is exposed, it makes for some great writing.

My divorce finalized a year ago, today. I spent the day with my girlfriend at the Burke Museum; she fed me lunch and two glasses of wine and sent me to the courthouse to stand before the judge. My ex husband was there, surprised to see me. His eyes were wet.

We stood at the high desk while the judge stamped the paperwork with little emotion. It was anticlimactic after the work we put into it. The next morning I spent in bed with her and my then-lover. It was one of the happiest times I spent with him, and she always did brighten my days. She has moved on now, to a new state and he has moved on now, to new people.

How tenuous, transient this life of relationships can be. We are left with ourselves, with only the guarantee of ourselves, and even that is uncertain.

I look around this bedroom I did not know existed, a year ago, and I am comforted by my eternal optimism. I know I am headed in a direction that I am supposed to take. God grant me the will, the grace, and the strength to do so.
nightis 60M

9/20/2006 11:16 am

 How tenuous, transient this life of relationships can be. We are left with ourselves, with only the guarantee of ourselves, and even that is uncertain.

Powerful statement!

I used to watch kids play dogeball and watch the ball as it bounced off each kid. I would think what the ball experiences, how it hit one kid hard, the next it just grazed some it missed because they removed themselves of all possibility of play. The ball however couldn't and shouldn't ever leave the game!

Play on Cath!


bayles101 70F

11/10/2006 9:31 am

 I am glad you had someone to nurture you on such a day. Women can be so wonderful but it is true that everything can be lost. Is there anything that will not change, will not disappear?

I think we are all trying to hold on to something, someone, but the effort may be futile in the long run. But we are human and so we try!


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