Learning that I didn't have to just be fine after my divorce was a big step for me. I realized that I can heal in my own time, when I'm ready. - Dirty Dancing Mama!

As I was going through my divorce I found peace in spending time with those that didn't constantly ask how I was doing or whether I missed my soon to be ex-husband. They carried me through my darkest time, by ignoring it and allowing me to see above it. - Dirty Dancing Mama!

Acceptance. After months of crying myself to sleep and feeling like a zombi 110% of the time. I woke up one morning and just out of the blue had peace. I had accepted the fact that I am now a single mother. - Dirty Dancing Mama!

Raising our children in 2 homes when my youngest was just a baby. Divorce hit me harder than I ever thought was possible and I couldn't protect my children from the pain.- Dirty Dancing Mama!

I had no more tears left to cry, no more energy to get up. I just felt dead and the divorce process hadn't even started yet. - Dirty Dancing Mama!

Packing his car and driving away, he took a piece of my soul with. - Dirty Dancing Mama!

We were such goal oriented and driven people, but with time we started draining each other and killing the other's spirit. - Dirty Dancing Mama!

Like housemates we shared a home, but not rooms. With every article he moved from "our" bedroom to "his", it was like ripping out a piece of my heart.

The Pain of Divorce - Dirty Dancing Mama!