Do Not Judge My Story by the Chapter You Walked In On

As of June 29, 2017, after 16 years and 20 days of marriage, I became a single lady once again.  It was a long ten month journey that came to a close.  A new chapter in my life began. When I realized that my marriage was falling apart, I was a mess, life as I knew it was no longer.  I was fearful of being alone, doing everything on my own, and raising two teenage boys with an absent father.  Before I knew it my fear turned into strength, I welcomed the time I spent by myself, the things that I got to do with my boys without any of the drama.  It was a new life, I was finally happy.  Sometimes you don't realize how unhappy you were until you find happiness. Not to say that everything has been a breeze, there were some bumps in the road and mountains to climb.  But the boys and I have made it this far and we are just fine. My ex-husband (feels good to finally say that) moved out in March of 2016 and I began dating in July.  I knew my marriage was over long before that night in

2016 was a rough year for my family.  A seventeen year relationship, the only thing our children ever knew, was gone, just like that.  It all started December 6, 2014, the night of Lil E's progressive dinner at school.  Big E wanted to go hang out with his buddies and have some drinks.  After picking up Lil E, the plan was to go pick up Big E.  We pull up to Omero's house and I stay in the car because I was in my jammies.  Lil E goes in and tells him we were there to pick him up.  As Lil E gets in the car he mentions that his dad was eating and had bumped his head.  He comes out with his buddies with a rag wrapped around his head, looking like the karate kid.  Me not knowing what happened, Eric gets in the car seemingly fine.  As we drive down the road I realize that he is really drunk, his breathing became heavy and I knew he was feeling nauseous.  Thankfully he didn't puke in my car.  As we got home, he vomited in the sink and was acting strange.  At this point I remo