8/14/26 I was able to stay engaged in the small things.

My name is Bel. I was married for 27 years, and eventually, my marriage came to an end. At first, I saw the divorce as something sad. Today, I see it differently. I sometimes wish I had made that decision sooner, because over the last year and a half, I have discovered a woman within me that I had lost along the way. I have changed tremendously, and I am still changing. I am learning, growing, making my own decisions, and becoming more intentional about the way I live my life. I’m not trying to become someone completely new. I am reinventing and rediscovering the woman who was always there but somehow became lost along the way. And I’m still becoming her, one choice, one decision, and one step at a time.