This is really beautiful to read. I'm glad for you that you've finally chosen to "marry yourself." I resonate a lot with the sentiments in what you wrote, including the message on that t-shirt (ha!). I spent Thanksgiving alone. I chose it and gotten so much from my solitude. I knew my fragile sense of well-being would be greatly disturbed by being in my mother's presence, so I just decided to deal with the guilt and choose myself. Like you, this year is also the year I realized I am the great love of my life. It's so different from a Hollywood romance, but so much more satisfying and everlasting.
This is really beautiful to read. I'm glad for you that you've finally chosen to "marry yourself." I resonate a lot with the sentiments in what you wrote, including the message on that t-shirt (ha!). I spent Thanksgiving alone. I chose it and gotten so much from my solitude. I knew my fragile sense of well-being would be greatly disturbed by being in my mother's presence, so I just decided to deal with the guilt and choose myself. Like you, this year is also the year I realized I am the great love of my life. It's so different from a Hollywood romance, but so much more satisfying and everlasting.