I was cleaning up a bit and came across my DD 214, aka my Navy discharge paper. May 6 2007. Four years ago. Seems like a lifetime ago. Hard to remember that time. Maybe I blocked it out. Maybe I feel like such a completely different person that it is hard to imagine that was me.
Four years has brought around so many new things for me. But mainly, it has brought me to me. It has shaped me and formed me and made me comfortable with who I am.
My time in the Navy was rough. It beat me down, drug me around, kick me a bit. But in the end, it made me who I am. It gave me insight into myself. It made me take a long look in the mirror and be happy with me.
And it gave me my husband. Sometimes I forget that he knew that girl. That was the girl he fell for. I don't feel like that girl. I know somewhere deep inside, she is still there. But in general, I don't see her.
I was defeated and lost and confused. I didn't know where I was heading, or, quite frankly, how I had ended up where I was. I didn't know who to turn to, or which path to take next, or even how to figure it out. But somehow, life happened, and I got up off my couch, got a new job, and started on the next chapter of my life.
Well said. So glad you can see it as part of the process. So glad you are happy with who you are. I think you're pretty special too :) Mom
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