Closure

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It'd been nine months since Valerie and I walked away from what was the best relationship I'd personally been involved in up to that point. It'd been nine months of recalibrating, redefining, and wading through a mire of mental and emotional ambiguity, which is admittedly still in full force. But sorting out your own shtuff is difficult enough, let alone dealing with emotional attachments of someone else, and at this particular point it was obvious to both of us that we needed to clean things up energetically and put to rest any loose ends and entangled cords. It was time to officially be, as my very first celebrity crush, Marlo Thomas, would say, "Free to be you and me."

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Happy Birthday Tanya Tucker

I remember exactly when I received the original insight mentioned below. I was on my way to the Seattle Folklife festival for the very first time, something on my "Too Married To Do" list, but swirling along with my excitement was a whole mixture of guilt, sadness, and self doubt. It was then that this scene from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves popped into my mind, and I realized that if my ex and I were both going to be miserable, I may just as well have stayed. If I weren't enjoying myself and celebrating my new found freedom, then I was doing her a disservice and making her suffer for nothing. 

I also find it an interesting synchronicity that I "just happen" to be posting this on the anniversary of our divorce being finalized. I specifically wanted it to be a day that I could remember, as well as have something else to celebrate besides breaking someone's heart. So...   

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANYA TUCKER!!

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