From beginning to end to beginning again

This is where it all ends and subsequently where it all begins again. Twenty-one years of marriage ended without so much as a "see ya". Nearly forty years lived in what feels to be a few short breaths... Yet at the end of it all, I find a new beginning. A "Me" I never knew existed. Or that I had pushed down in favor of creating the life I believed my family needed and deserved. In these tear stained days of beginning again, I discover strength I did not know I possessed. I speak with a voice I have never heard before. I muster up courage and resolve to push forward, to move on in search of brighter days. And most surprising of all, I find true love. True joy. Because for the first time ever, I am being true to myself.