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Day of Reckoning

Today I won't go to work at the preschool because Dave and I have a 10:00 appointment with a marriage counselor and a 1:00 appointment with a bankruptcy attorney.

I've been unable to concentrate on anything this year because I've been so preoccupied with the detioration of our financial situation and the subsequent dissolution of our marriage. Dave's trying desperately to hold on, and I'm struggling to move on. Today could be pivotal.

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Miss Linder said…
Bad as it all seems now you are a terrifically talented woman and I know you will land firmly on your feet. I've known you since you were 10, you were special (the good kind of special) even then.

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