The End of an Era

This blog was written on August 17th but never published.

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Era – “a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.”

Yesterday my son got married.  One day notice although he had been talking about it for months I just didn’t take it seriously.  I am happy because he is happy and because she is wonderful. An added blessing is that her father and mother have grafted him into their family as if there was a hole before him and now he has taken his rightful place.

There is shock because I have prayed for him for so many years for God to give him a family along with a wife and God has done just that.

Now God has answered my prayers for both of my children’s futures.  I cannot ask for more.

My son left the ceremony yesterday with his new family.  All of them left together, my heart was full and broken at the same time.

Twice yesterday the question was asked of me if I realized that now my connection to my first ex-husband was over.  Once by my ex-husband’s wife and once by my ex-husband.  I shook my ex-husband’s hand and asked………

“Well, are we done?” Then I said to he and his wife, “Now you can go live your life.”

Divorce is a terrible thing.  Most of you know this first hand.

There is such a wave of relief to know that now I will no longer have to negotiate, hold my tongue, or swallow my pride to deal with an ex-husband.  I am certain they feel the same way.  Although, It must be recognized that we have not argued about anything in many years.  The past several years we’ve matured enough to be diplomatic and not ready for war at any moment.

So, yesterday there were many people stepping into a new chapter of their life…….It was beautiful.

 Disclaimer: This photo is of prom (not their wedding because I have no wedding pictures on my computer)