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I rekindled my relationship with my best friend.

I have a deeper relationship with my mom, although she still is wary of my husband, she's still fully supportive of what I do.

My family looks at me with a new pair of eyes; seeing the strong person I've been hiding all these years.

I see myself with a new pair of eyes; I wondered where that young girl that packed up a U-Haul just after she turned 21 and moved over 600 miles to follow her heart went.

I finally found a job after spending most of the year looking.

My husband is a changed man, and although I'm wary and am keeping my ducks in a row, I know things are getting better for me and him.

I know now I'm strong enough to handle whatever comes my way, even if sometimes I have to lock myself in the bathroom and cry first.

My brother married this past year, and I'm going to be an aunt at the end of April.

My brother graduated Basic Law Enforcement Training and is a police officer.