Haleakala summit at sunrise [Maui] Canon EOS 20D w/28-135mm f3.5-5.5 IS USM Zoom
I'm now "off island" as the locals say when they've left the Hawaiian Islands for a bit. This morning I walked Kamaole Beach for the last time this trip, my feet lingering in the warm Pacific. Leaving Maui was hard and I'm already dreaming about going back. I have a feeling that there are many things there I've left undone...
Tonight I walked in my front door to a mostly-empty house, and the reality I escaped from for a few days is sinking back in as the tears flow. Nothing is as it was when I left, and now my life is changing again in a big way. Those of you really close to me know this already, but for those who don't, Michael and I broke up. He's rented a house a mile or so north of here and he and the kids are moving, while I'm staying here with two new house mates. This break is something that needed to happen, and most of me believes it is right, because our relationship had stopped being healthy quite some time ago. But almost three years of my life have been spent with the Holdens, who have become my family and who I love more than I've ever loved before, and now that I'm by myself in our barren home, the overwhelming sadness this means for all of us echos all around me.
Posted by Dawn at October 28, 2005 11:36 PM
Eeeep. You have my complete sympathy.
Posted on October 29, 2005 09:46 PST
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(jayallen.org) wrote:
Not to be all new-agey on you, but there's a thought that always comforts me in bad times (like, for example, the parallel one I'm going through):
In every moment in life, there are lessons to be learned. That is especially true in the hardest times. And I've found that learning those lessons taught in terrible moments always brings me to greater heights that I couldn't have imagined.
If it is through experiencing hardship and learning those lessons that we become wiser and eventually much, much happier, then nothing can truly be considered bad.
Don't ignore the lessons, be confident in who you are and live your life in the way that you want to live it. If you do that, you will find greater happiness than you have ever known in your future.
Posted on October 29, 2005 12:09 PST
Leaving Maui was hard and I'm already dreaming about going back. I have a feeling that there are many things there I've left undone... Welcome to the club.
I'm sorry to hear about your breakup. You seemed so happy.
Posted on November 02, 2005 09:46 PST
I just saw this, and I needed to let you know how sorry I am. I know you strive to stay positive in your life and it's clear from this post that even in your moment of mourning, you still kept your mind focused away from negativity. Take care, sweet lady. I hope to see you soon. xoxo
Posted on November 30, 2005 10:39 PST
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