MY EX-WIFE´S
WEDDING DRESS

There are a couple of details about my project that have come up a few times that I will shed more light on. This information can be found throughout the posts but there are so many posts now that it wouldn’t be easy to scan to isolate these facts unless somebody had as much time as I have to dedicate to this (which honestly isn’t very much at the moment). The ‘dress history’ tab says my ex-wife recently moved out. When I originally wrote that intro, which was a while before I started this blog, it was more true than it is today. She moved out close to a year ago. Also, I think along the way I have given people the impression that her departure was sudden and shocking. It was a shock but it wasn’t completely out of the blue. I had a sense for some time before she left that our marriage wasn’t going to survive. That is why a portion of my therapy began prior to her exit. I wrote about exercise, specifically running and playing soccer, being very helpful to me throughout this process. These are activities I enjoy a lot and they were meaningful to me before my relationship with my ex fell apart. There are specific runs that were particularly meaningful to me. I live on the edge of Tucson in close proximity to some of our mountains. Tucson can be a tough place to live during the summer months but so much of the year is prime time for trail running. If I have the time, I far prefer to run trails than pound pavement. And a major benefit of running trails is finding water. Water is hard to come by around here and it usually doesn’t find me so I have to climb in order to track it down. I’m going to post some pictures taken on a couple of trails that are special to me. These are trails where I have done a lot of reflecting. There were times during the last few years when these trails were my escape. I mostly ran them alone but my brother joined me on a couple occasions. In these mountains I shared with him some of my challenges. He is a great friend. Here is the 35th dress use to date – grill apron.