I know there is a lot going on in the world right now, but I’m going to take a moment to talk about this. Just shy of two years ago I took this very hike (Ramona Falls) with my dad. It was just a few months after my 7 year relationship/marriage ended. I remember vividly how I was feeling back then. I put on a brave face and acted like everything was fine, when in reality my life was crumbling around me and I was more broken than I had ever been. I felt like I was drowning financially, mentally, and emotionally. I saw no end in sight… I was broken and lost. I remember sitting here taking this original picture with a smile on my face, praying that I would get through this time in my life…
In the two years that followed I moved from my home to a townhouse, from that townhouse back to my parent’s house, I lost both of my surviving grandparents, made a pretty drastic job change, and I had my heart broken a time or two in there. I felt as though my life was nothing but a shit show, for lack of a better word. However, in that same two years… after about a year itself, finalized my divorce and paid off all of my attorney fees. I had been drowning in debt during that time as well and I will as of this next week have what’s left of that debt completely paid off. To top it all off I was able to purchase my first car completely on my own… I made it through what seemed like a never ending storm and I did it all on my own!!!
Today we made that very same hike and I sat in that very same spot… Two years later. The woman sitting there with a smile on her face, has a real smile on her face and in her soul. I fell countless times but I refused to give up, I regained my independence and my confidence. I am finally healed from those experiences, I have put back the pieces of my life that were left and created a new life that I am so proud of. A life that I couldn’t be more excited to live!
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