A Whole New World

This thing called life is just incredible.  What an amazing journey that continues on. 

I guess moving out of the area wasn't in the cards.  Due to my ex and some higher powers at work, we were forced to stay put.

Thank goodness.  What a blessing it turned out to be.  ;)

We are still in the same place we moved into in June of this year after moving out of the foreclosed house.

I am now in a serious, amazing, loving, mature, spontaneous, exciting, mutual, beautiful relationship with the man that we moved in with.  We've known eachother for 7 years.  Neither of us ever knew what we could be together.  We have always been friends, kind and genuine.  We lived together for two months this summer without even considering being life partners or anything more than friends. 

In August, things changed.  I asked him to my sister's wedding.  I told him we could just go as friends.  I knew I didn't want anything more. 

We had such a great time.  We snuggled, held hands, talked, danced a bit, and hung out with friends and family together. 

We both felt something different that night, but waited for another couple of days after the wedding to act on it. 

What an incredible life we've been living together since!  It's been so smooth and almost effortless the way things have fallen into place.  The kids love him and he loves them.  I love him and he loves me....in ways I have never experienced.  It's such a beautiful thing.

It's surreal and SO real at the same time. 

I feel so connected to him.  Our lives have quietly merged. 

I now have to learn how to stop all of my habits of "survival" and independence.  I don't have to give up my independence, but I sometimes forget that I now have someone who wants to and who will hold me up, help me out, love me...someone who is now part of me and has taken on all that I have.

He loves this family and sees the beauty of it all.  This is his family....it just is. 

xoxo

Breathing freely and loving immensely....

The kids are in school and loving it for the most part.  I still have a vision of having them home...but I also want whatever is best for them.  They are right where they are supposed to be for now.

I've learned SO much along the way.  I am grateful.