Who is in Control Here?

Wow, was that a lesson I learned from my first marriage!

Funny, when that marriage ended, I felt like such a huge failure. I couldn't make my husband stop drinking. I couldn't make dreams enough for both of us to share. I couldn't save my marriage.

Now, I see that time as such a success. He ended up dying from his inability to cope with the world without the aid of a substance. But I was able to leave that bad environment with two babies in diapers, find housing, a job, a way to keep us fed and healthy, pre-school care, etc. etc. etc.

I learned that through failure, success is born. But I could only be in control of myself.