Starting Anew...

For those who know me on facebook...well know the Marine and I on facebook, you know our little family news. It is heart breaking to write, and even more so to live, but after 11+ yrs together, we are separating.

Last week I packed a Budget truck, attached my jeep to the back and drove 800 miles BACK to NC so that I can work for a year in the ER at the local hospital. It was the hardest day of my life and the week since has been the hardest week of my life. In the weeks since the decision to split, he and I got along better and communicated more than we have in years. We laughed, we cried, we talked and we made decisions based on what's best for our girls, what's best for ourselves and what will keep us on the friendly terms we are on now. He has been and will remain my best friend and not seeing him day to day and being able to lean on him will be the hardest part of all of this.

Our family and friends think we are crazy and say that we have "the most amicable" separation they've ever seen, but that's always how we seem to do things. The separation is/was my idea and mainly my fault, but the divorce to follow is his doing. He just needs this closure I guess.

So, in the coming year this blog may take on a different tone, in the wake of the past few months I feel like I am starting over in my life, my relationships, my running, my swimming and everything else. I will be starting counseling soon and hope to rebuild some things that are broken but I will be leaning on running more than ever to get me through this.

I invite you, faithful friends and readers, to come along with me on this journey. I believe in the power of running and the peace it brings more than ever.

it's time.