The Beginning of Something Else

On June 1, 2007 I found out my husband and partner of almost two decades had been unfaithful to me since before our marriage, and had been having intercourse with prostitutes for 3 1/2 years. This is what happened next.

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Permission to make mistakes

Today I did EMDR and out of it I got that I can create space for myself to be less-than-perfectly-good, and I can forgive myself for that which feels unforgivable. I feel as though I'm really coming to a place where I will be okay alone. I don't want to be alone, but knowing that I can and will be okay alone will give me the opportunity to choose from a healthy place. And maybe when I do this I can let myself be loved even when I fail so that I don't have to be in denial in my relationship when I've hurt my partner or have inadvertently not been a good partner.I can accept that I could fail at those things and still be loved and I don't have to be afraid of admitting and taking responsibility for those things when I do them. I can ask for forgiveness instead of staying in being unforgivable, Fail and improve. And still be loved. And I can know that even if someone doesn't love me it doesn't mean I'm unloveable. And more love can come along.