I just want to make one thing clear, well maybe more than one thing, BUT just so those naysayers know. I want to tell you what Dare to Dream Again is NOT. It is not about me PROMOTING and endorsing divorce. I believe in the sanctity of marriage. I believe in happily ever after. BUT the reality of it is, divorce happens. It’s a sad reality, but it’s a reality none the less. Do you think I planned on being 42 and divorced? I can assure you, when I was a young girl, I never pictured myself as a middle age single mother, with no where to go, dead broke, and with no idea of who I was as a woman. I wanted what most little girls want, to grow up, find my prince charming have a fairytale wedding and live happily ever after. That is not what this girl got. I got a marriage full of alcoholism, mental & emotional & sometimes physical abuse. I got a marriage where I lost all sense of who I was as a person, woman, mother. I got a marriage where I was left feeling like the only thing I was good for was to meet his physical & sexual needs. I was left broken, abandoned and abused. I guarantee you this is NOT what I wanted, but does that mean I think all marriages are doomed, NOPE! I know there are plenty of good marriages out there. Many of my friends have very good marriages. I too hope to find that true love, my soul mate and have a healthy, happy marriage.
I do NOT intend for Dare to Dream to be a place of man bashing. There are plenty of good men out there. Some of us have for whatever reasons, have not been fortunate to have that. But that doesn’t mean we don’t want that. That does not mean we don’t think there aren’t good guys out there. It just means we’ve been so scarred from that ONE bad one, it makes us fearful to trust, and believe that we DESERVE a good guy.
I want this to be a place where we can feel safe to share the insight we all have gained through our pain. I want to provide real support, encouragement and resources to help each other put our lives back together. I want to help you and me continue to RE-learn who we are. I want us to find our passions to become the women we were ALL created to be: beautiful, strong, and worthy!
Dare to Dream Again IS a place to encourage and wait with each other til our wings have dried and we are ready to take flight! Butterflies waiting to fly!
~Marcy~
