Tomorrow is Here Again... And for One More Year... Things Get Personal...

Karen Anne - You are so precious and are a special lady.  I am sending you a big <hug>!   I have been delt some bad hands but I am a survivor and you are too:)

I think that we are a sum of all the the things in our life.  Our accomplishments and our sorrows add up to make us who we are.  I have read some of your writings about your Mom and you have a great soul.  I think if our lives were one sided then we would be tipped over.  I am not a hugger but I will send you a huge high five for picking yourself up and opening yourself up.

You know Karen Anne- my Donald and I have been married for ten years.  After my X asked me for a divorce while I was expecting our daughter I was So broken.  For many years I thought it was permenant, but you know when I least expected love I found I was in it.

Karen Anne- I like Donna's idea of flying over the date line and skipping the entire day. I am not a big fan of New Years Eve either. When Drew writes his Thank you cards he says he sends hugs instead of kisses by writing lots of "O's". So OOOOOOOOOOO from Maryland to Texas.

Broken trust is hard to recover from in a relationship, as it is truly the foundation. I wish you a year of healing too in 2012, that will start with "making do" and get better from there.

Come back, come back! Move to Portland, Centralia, Seattle  ... this side of the mountains. We'll DO it! It's frosty white out there this morning at the moment. And, except for the last week or so, we've had one of the driest Decembers on record.

I'm lifting my cup of coffee to you. (much better than wine this time of the morning ... although it's coming later) I've so enjoyed loved getting to know you a wee bit here on AR. You're a special lady and I'm honored to read your thoughts now and then.

2012 is going to to be YOUR year. Mine too. The year when some of those ugly memories just disappear because they're not worth the angst. And the year when we're flat out too busy to even begin to think of them. 2012 is the year. It IS!

It's unanimous! Everyone loves Donna's suggestion.

Listen, years ago, I read that some really rich people had found a novel way to celebrate the New Year. They were up on an airplane, traveling to new destinations all night and everytime they arrived somewhere new where it had just turned 12:00, they'd count down, scream, shout and party all over again.

Maybe you should try that in the reverse?

Karen Anne, it is very painful topic and I am sure it's been hard to write about it. What I am thinking is that you should make this day a very special for YOURSELF. You should make some travel plans. I am sure it will be wonderful to celebrate New Year in Paris, London, Moscow... 

Karen Anne, thanks for baring your soul. These kind of posts are always so meaningful to me.

Happy New Year! I hope 2012 is a great year for you and your family. Be well! I am looking forward to more time in the Rain in the next year.

Cal

Hi Karen,

You were so young when you fell in love.  You grew as one.  I don't know how anyone recovers from a betrayal like that.

Maybe you could/should find a way to sneak off to Paris in 2012, even if only for a couple days.

God bless and thank you for sharing such a personal story.

Lisa

Karen Anne ~ It sure must be difficult because that day will always come again.  But remember it's only a day and not the actual act of what happened.  My heart goes out to you.  Although I have never been married, I have a blazing past of cheating boyfriends.  Try to find something about the 31st and make a new memory that is happy. 

Karen Anne, I feel the pain too! It can be really crushing and destroy your self esteem. If I lived closer we would go out and have fun on that day, us girls could all get together, make some memories worth remembering, so we can occupy our minds with something else. But I know the MAGNITUDE of a memory like that and it's tough to get through. Hang in there sweetie! You are not alone. I've been there too!

Karen - How brave of you to be so vulnerable and share this with us on AR. I'm sure there are others feeling what you feel. I'm sorry you had to experience so much hurt especially at the hands of a loved one.

My prayer for you is something will come along to make that day joyful for you once again for each day is a gift.

Here's to many fabulous days in 2012!

Karen Anne, you sweet angel.  I can feel you here, once I was deceived too and felt utterly busted.  I'm glad you came to AR for your storm shelter as you so eloquently put it.  Cheer up girlie, you are loved!

Karen Anne, I am glad you are OK now. Here is some storm for you, sorry that it's not a seller. Have a great weekend.

Ugh.  That just makes me sad and hurt for you Karen Anne.  I have some expletives I want to say, but I don't know if they would be appropriate :-) -Kasey

Thanks for sharing such a personal story. Betrayal is such a deep cut. I am praying for your healing and restoration, for God to help you transition from permanently broken to eternally renewed.

Karen, keep the good memories and specifically choose to "erase over" the others. Few people enjoy any years of joy together. Think of the good parts as favorite chapters in a good book-and just "burn" the rest of those not-so-good chapters away.

I love reading your blogs and you are so helpful to everyone else. I wish I could just give you a big hug.