2023 Break Up Reflection

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Breakup’s are hard. Breakups suck. But, breakups can lead to much better options! I remember breaking up with Markus and with Josh and with Randall. None were pleasant. But, if I really think about it, I realize how those breakups had to happen. There was never going to be anything serious coming from it. I wouldn’t have married any of them. They wanted different things from me. So, there had to be an end. It takes a lot of hindsight to see that lesson. It’s not one that you see at 16 or 17 or 19. It takes moving on and growing up to realize that while everything was horrible in that moment, and moments following, it really was okay in the end. Sure, I was left dateless a few hours before a big dance. But it worked out. I went unhappily and grumpily with a guy who I would marry many years later. He gave himself one goal - to make me laugh. And he did. Despite my bad mood and annoyance with him. And the fact I was not a nice person to be around that night. He still made it a fun time, in his own way.