Old Hubby New Friend

To My Ex-Husband and New Found Friend…….

Forgive yourself for choosing a path that hurt me. You had to do what was right for you.

I would forgive you if I could. But I can’t forgive you for making a choice that was right for both of us. Neither of us could possibly have known that at the time.

We had a space in time together. We loved. We laughed. We reveled in each other.

And somewhere along the way, we somehow drifted.

We both had dreams. We both longed to be happy.

We just weren’t meant to be happy with each other.

And that’s okay.

I love my life today.

If it weren’t for you I wouldn’t be who I am today.

You are the reason I ended up in Florida

And, even tho you hurt me, you made me strong.

And even tho you hurt me, I learned to love again.

Better. Smarter. Stronger.

Sweetie, we were two very important pieces, to two very separate life puzzles.

We met for a reason. We parted for a reason.

We were never meant to be life long partners.

We met - -in order to love and then, hurt--and learn from that hurt. And each other.

As long as we are able walk away from our life together and take something valuable from it, then it wasn’t for nothing.

There WAS a reason we met in the beginning. There was a reason we parted. And there was a reason we reconnected.

Tho, it wasn't completely your fault. I made choices too.

Eventually I was able to forgive you for yours. I understand why you made those choices.

Now you have to forgive yourself.

And we can be friends.

Because, that’s what we were in the beginning.

and that’s what I want us to be now.