1. I joined a church. I visited a UU church towards the end of my marriage but it didn't feel like a good fit for me. About 6 weeks after my divorce I walked uphill to the church on my street. It is an Episcopal church. I grew up Roman Catholic and the service is almost identical. The people there were so warm. The reverened was a love. This quickly becamey second home andy church family. The following spring I had my kids baptized there and I was received. Best. Decision. Ever.
2. I coached my son's soccer team. It was only kindergarten soccer, but I have zero experience with soccer. I never participated in sports growing up and I hated PE. In the fall I was assistant coach and in spring I was co-head coach. It was a blast!
3. I wrote a book. Okay, it was actually a part of a chapter in a textbook. I submitted 25 pages and it was edited down to 2. But I was published!!!
4. I wrote for the local paper. I covered committee meetings and school events. Fun, easy, good experience and it was paid work!
5. I bought a house. My ex and I actually continued to live together for exactly 2 weeks post-divorce until I closed on my house. Then I got my keys and sweet freedom! I have since sold it, but am happy to have had the experience. Including mowing the lawn which I had never done, fixing stuff with my pink tool kit, and decorating without compromise.
6. I dated. Many adventures. It was terribly nerve wracking at first, but them it was great fun!
7. I went to Vegas.
8. I tried some new things: zumba, volunteer work, teaching Sunday school, cooking. More recently knitting and running...even my first 5K!
Okay, brag time over! Despite the many challenges that follow divorce, I am proud to have reinvented, challenged, and pushed myself to pursue new things!
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