I lived in Hawaii, my husband was in the miltary. I did not like it very much there. Maybe because it was to far away from my family. I loved the beaches, and the weather! I had a good job and I was going to college. I worked for my best friend that I went to college with.
My kids were teenagers except for one. My husband and I had been married for sixteen years. I can't say I was happy or that I had a happy marriage. i think that would be a lie. i stayed with him because I loved him , but I can not say that I had been in love with him for a while. I was with him so long I could not imagine being alone, without him.
One day I woke up to get the kids off to school. i always knocked then opened the door to thier rooms to wake them up! The last door I knocked on and opened was my fifteen year olds. The bed was empty and made up. I thaought maybe she was downstairs. After searching the house and looking everywhere I did'nt find her.
I then called my husband at work and the police. We called all her friends and knocked on all the doors of our neighboors. A couple of hours later the phone rings. My daughter is on the other end telling me she is not coming home! I get the calls all day, her telling me she is not coming home then hanging up!
After reading her diary we figure out who she is with and she gets apprended coming back on to base. Later we find out where she has been and who she is with.
The CID and Hawaiin police and Miltary Police and FBI are all at our house. It seems that my daughter was hanging with some big bad ass gang members. She was persaued to tell on them. Then we were told we had two days to get her out of the state.
I gave up my schooling and a great job for the safety of my daughter. My husband stayed behind and was to join us in a couple of months. When we were getting on the plane I gave my husband a kiss. I cried because I knew that without it being said that I no longer wanted to be married.
We were divorced a couple of years later and my daughter is safe. She has turned out pretty good to have been a troubled child.
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I'm also sorry to hear your marriage ended, but I understand.
I'm glad things are alright...
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Although you still grieve, a loveless marriage isn't worth the effort. I just broke off an engagement that was similar. May you feel liberated and happy...
I also hope that you happy now.
I truly understand how you felt... with your marraige.
With your daughter... you responded with the heart of a Mother.
I'm glad that she is safe.
I had written a very long comment in response to this article of yours, but I've turned it into an article instead. The title is "Children and Divorce" and is on my page.
Happy children and 4th of July to you all!
I hope everything continues to work out for you.
What a wonderful, inspirational story.... You are a true mother! Sometimes though sad, one realizes, life changes and it's time to change. I hope all is well now and your happy, sorry about your marriage not working out!
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It is touching to me that you were willing to drop everything and leave for her sake. Glad to hear all is well now.
Paying it forward.
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Susan ~ I like the way this is written...carefully. EXCELLENT WRITING.