Dissolution

A have some news to share. Some or most of you already know what's going on in my life, but may have questions. To answer those questions and to inform those who don't know is the purpose of this post.

My dear Ell has left me and our marriage will soon be dissolved.

My desire is not for anyone to be mad at her, to feel sorry for me, or any other action that causes sides to be taken or blame placed. The core of what went wrong was that Ell and I didn't protect our marriage. We forgot that one another should have been more important than anything else in the world.

I've waited this long to post the news for a couple reasons. The first is out of respect for Ell. She posted her own pseudo-announcement last week so that frees my protection of her privacy. The second reason was not wanting this nightmare played out on something so public as the internet. But I have a family out here in the blogosphere and although it's smaller than it used to be, I wanted to give that family the opportunity to hear the news on the place the binds us together.

I doubt I'll speak more about this here on Eleven because it's not the appropriate place for conversations of this nature. You are welcome to email me, though. I'm not a closed book and will answer questions if asked.

I now must learn how to move on.