By deevaa Date: 23 March 2001
I phoned the department of courts yesterday to request the paper work to start the divorce process. I'm doing this for a number of reasons, and I'd be lying if I said it doesn't make me a little sad.
He is not the main reason why I've started these proceedings - my ex and I have been separated for over two years - but there is a new man in my life, and one of the things I love so much about him is that he'll always stand up for injustice when he sees it, and most of the time he'll do it with good humour.
I've no doubts in my mind that he is the guy who'll walk the rest of my path with me, he's 'unofficially' asked me to marry him, I hope he'll 'officially' ask me again after the divorce is final. Maybe even while we are together in July.
The dates have been confirmed and now we are searching for cheap flights. With luck I'll also be able to make a few appointments with galleries in Melbourne and sell some work (art) too.
The trip is basically for me to meet his family and friends, before he moves to New Zealand later in the year, its going to be an amazing few days for us, but there are so many details, so many lose ends, all we want is to be together and everything else is becoming a blur.
.... and so it is that I have a new ring that I'm excited about, it is a real, miniature daisy trapped in glass and fitted into a silver setting. Not the official ring, just a place filler for now. The scan hardly does it justice.
Unique and also lovely. It reminds me of him, or to be more specific of our love. Daisy's have an air of fragile beauty about them, but in reality they grow with strength and pride.