A Divorce After 50 Years That She Soon Regretted

Her divorce was not a mistake in the way people often think. It was a deeply human decision made with incomplete information and emotional exhaustion. What she regrets is not choosing herself—but failing to explore whether she and Thomas could have chosen each other again.

Fifty years of shared history is not something that can be replaced. It can only be honored, learned from, or lost.

Margaret lives with that truth now.

And if there is one thing she wishes others would understand, it is this: before walking away from a long marriage, look carefully at what you are running from—and what you might never get back.