Hawa Bond:  

Life :::::::: THEN (Approx. 2005) :::::::: Wow. Life is good. I am enjoying this single life with my two sons. I am blessed beyond measure. A little over a year ago, it was difficult to imagine I'd feel this good today. My home is filled with love, joy, peace, unity, and FUN! I don't pull up to my house and dread going in. If you consider yourself blessed and favored of the Lord, then you know the kinda joy I'm talking about. Just because my divorce was painful, doesn't mean it wasn't a total BLESSING. I realized how much better off I was almost immediately. That didn't ease the hardship (intensity). I just didn't mourn as long. I can't replace what I learned from the whole ordeal. That alone made it worth the trouble. It's amazing what a lousy relationship can steal from you. But once you get "it" back, you understand the value of NEVER sacrificing yourself to please somebody else. I'll always be a professional business woman. I'll never be able to stay home and play Martha Stewart. I'll always be a little wild. I'll never be the shy stay-at-home type. I'll always be intelligent. I won't dumb-down to feed your ego. I may build you a profit-generating website instead of sending flowers. Heck, flowers die. But most of all, I'll always love with my whole heart. If that's not who you want, then you don't want me. I don't know who made more mistakes. But I do believe I had better intentions. But the end result is the same... Two people who no longer love or trust each other enough to keep the marriage covenant. There's no mistaking the fruit of my faith. Many great things continue to happen as this new woman keeps walking with a head held high. :::::::::: NOW (March 2007) :::::::::: As you probably read in my Announcements, I have a new beau. I honestly didn't imagine meeting a man like him. I was starting to wonder if men were made like him anymore. My sons adore V. His sincere heart and love for integrity made me reconsider my doubts that I'd ever marry again. V reminded me of something else very important: You should be madly in love when opting to spend a life together. So much of the language I hear from young women (including things I've said before), center around the "idea" of love and marriage. It's not a bad thing to want great things out of life, but those things come secondary to raw love and desire. Conversations with older women in so-so marriages almost convinced me that a relationship is an arrangement. Love is important. Respect is required. But the giddy feeling of a school-gi...Expand for more