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Divorce Didn’t Break Your Family
If you’re divorced, or on your way to it, your family was already broken.
I’ve been sitting on this post for a long time. Then a few months ago, I saw a post on Facebook from Kristina Kuzmic that convinced me it was time to share it.
I stayed in a miserable marriage far longer than I should have. And I stayed because I, like so many others, felt getting divorced meant I was breaking up my family. That I was making my children grow up in a broken home.
When I finally reached my breaking point and decided divorce was the only option, I still struggled. I knew it was the right thing for myself and my children (and in reality, for my ex-husband too), but it still felt like admitting failure. Like I was destroying something my children needed and deserved. It felt like I was saying that I didn’t believe marriage mattered, that marriage wasn’t forever, and that my vows on my wedding day had meant nothing.
But that couldn’t be further from the truth. The problem is, it often takes getting to the other side of divorce to see the truth.
Divorce isn’t what’s breaking up your family
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