Friday Five ...

Too funny. Here I go and delete my entire blog (all 883 entries) to start fresh, and today's Friday Five is about the past! I figure it's a great start though. This way I'll never entirely forget where I was ... and ya'll can see exactly how far I've come.

So without further adieu ...

A bit of a Different Friday Five:

What was going on in your life ....

1) 25 years ago: 1982 - I was about to give birth to my second son (Nov. 23). Financially times were good, but I was miserable in the marriage. Young (22), naive and scared, I would find excuses to stay and would justify the horrible treatment I received by the husband.

2) 20 years ago: 1987 - Financially this was the best period of my adult life, but I finally came to my senses knowing that financial security wasn't worth the abuse I received, and I realized that I didn't deserve the way husband treated me. I finally knew the marriage was over, but wouldn't file for divorce until 1988.

3) 15 years ago: 1992 - Remarried and mother to a newborn baby girl. We owned a booth at the weekend flea market and were doing pretty good. Life wasn't too bad. ;)

4) 10 years ago: 1997 - Husband #2 won trip to the Bahamas on a radio call-in contest. I realized during the trip just how incompatible we really were. Marriage failing but I felt I had to stay in it for insurance reasons. At least until I had the needed treatments and was healthy again. Depression set in bad.

5) 5 years ago: 2002 - Finally granted Divorce #2 after a year and a half of battling it out in court. Weighed the most I ever have because of the years of depression. Started a job that would last three years until I was laid off.

bonus: 1 year ago - 2006 - Life has improved in leaps and bounds, although financially it's to be the lowest point of my life. I was accepted at a local college - determined to stick with it and finally get that degree I'd put off for almost three decades. Although I had (have) health problems and no insurance or job, my general outlook about life has vastly improved over the decades.

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