No one tells you that starting over may cost you most of your friends, but it might.  I never dreamed when I decided to start a new life that I would be doing a lot of it alone. 

Letting go of regret didn't happen all at once. It happened in loop backs, in small shifts, over years.

I would have never believed eight years ago that I would be where I am today. I look back at that woman, at that time in my life, and it literally feels like my life has been divided into two parts — before and after I left. Sometimes it's difficult for me to believe that my life is so different, and that I'm so different.