Beingjillymac

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Dear divorce,⁣
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I found me.⁣
Then he found me. ⁣
We found love. ⁣
Now we’re on vacation. ⁣
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Stick that in your pipe and smoke it. ⁣
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Love,⁣
Jillymac ⁣
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🌴☀️😘☀️🌴⁣
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And just like that - it’s FINAL. ⁣
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2.5 years later, but, it’s FINAL. I always wondered what I’d feel like when the divorce papers finally came in the mail. Would I cry, feel sad or angry, or… experience relief?⁣
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My answer? ⁣
𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚. I felt nothing. ⁣
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I saw the envelope sitting in my post box. ⁣ 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.⁣
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I set it on the kitchen island. ⁣
𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. ⁣
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Opened it with my boyfriend (YUP).⁣
𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. ⁣
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Guess what that means to me? ⁣
*I’ve moved on. ⁣
*I found something better for me. ⁣
*I feel safe. ⁣
*I feel happy. ⁣
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Those papers have no power over me other than to serve the following reminder:⁣
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𝙄’𝙈 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀. ⁣
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✨✨💕💕✨✨⁣
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This is me. I’m divorced. ⁣
Happy. Smiling. Doing fun things. ⁣
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From my first post until now, I’ve always used the hashtag and then immediately beside that - . ⁣
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Because life after divorce CAN be good. In some ways, it can be even better! I started using the hashtag as a reminder that even though I’m divorced, life is good and that it doesn’t mean the end of the world. Being divorced is great in fact! Regardless of circumstance there is 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 something to be thankful for. ⁣
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I always knew this was the case even on the bad days, but sometimes the reminder didn’t hurt. I kept on using that little hashtag to reinforce the sentiment for me every time I made a post.
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So that was then, and this is me now. Smiling. Happy. Doing things. Because my friends, life after divorce IS good! I wasn’t lying to myself before, and I’m not lying to myself (or you) now.

⁣Fun happens when you’re divorced.
You can still smile when you’re divorced.
You can still love when you’re divorced.

LIFE. IS. GOOD.
😊😊💕💕😊😊
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