What a Difference a Year Makes....

I was just thinking the other day how different my life was just one short year ago. I was in the midst of the divorce and getting ready to move back to Idaho. In fact, I have a blog about this very day one year ago:

Monday, October 19th: Monday was my lowest point. I was just so overwhelmed. Where had this come from? It hadn't been explained well. After a day spent arguing about division of assets and threatening to get lawyers, I just broke down. I cried harder than I ever have in my life...I'm just glad no one was around to see me. That evening I wrote him an email asking him why he was doing this. I said I wanted to work things out, that our marriage was more important than this. That night I got a reply from him. Apparently he thinks that to make himself right with the Lord again, he needs to leave me. He said he had felt the Spirit more of the past few days than he had in a long time. He felt peaceful and calm when he thought about getting divorced. He said I had hurt him and we had both changed over the course of our marriage into people he didn't like. He was going to go to the temple the next day and pray about whether or not to try to work things out.

It's funny how much things have changed for me, and in the BEST way possible. I am so much happier now, especially with who I am. I think I've grown a lot in this past year, and gotten to know myself better than I ever have before. I have stumbled a bit, but all and all it's been the best year of my life. At the point that I wrote the above entry, I couldn't imagine how things in my life would ever turn out for the better, but now I am so grateful for all of the trials I went through. I never would've dreamed that I would be heading back to England to spend 10 fantastic days with the absolute love of my life. :) I can't wait! And I am just soooooooo grateful for where I am now and for how I've grown this past year. It's kind of an awesomely fantastic way to celebrate the anniversary of one thing ending, by having an amazing new phase begin. I just wanted to express how truly grateful I am and in awe of life...it's such a gift. I'll sign out before I get too sappy, but stay tuned! I'll update with England details soon!! My trip starts tomorrow with a drive to Salt Lake at 6:30am, then flights to London through Thursday morning.