“I wanted to punch her boyfriend (now her husband).”
Divorce can be deadly. It puts immense strain on relationships, causes financial and emotional ruin, and worst of all, tears apart the kids. It’s not just the ending of a marriage. It’s the destruction of a family. A broken promise. A “forever” that turned out to be a lie.
As a child of divorce myself, I know the wound runs deep, and it can take decades to heal. From restraining orders to endless court battles, the fight can get downright nasty.
Well one man, Sean Whalen, decided that he wanted to do things a little differently. When he and his ex separated, he initially wanted nothing more than to punch the living daylights out of her boyfriend—and they both required police escorts for their visitations with the kids.
The bitterness ran so deep that they couldn’t even utter a word to one another. Lawyers had to do the talking.
But today, they broke bread.
He shared a heartwarming Facebook post detailing their story in simple but powerful snippets that have quickly gained viral attention. In less than a day, the post has been liked over 200,000 times and shared nearly 50,000 times.
It is threaded with a striking message of love, reconciliation, and the healing power of “choice”:
ShareThis is my ex wife and her husband.
Our 3 kids and their 2 kids.
Tonight they invited me over for dinner.
5 years ago she and I had to have a police escort just to pick up and drop off our kids.
We only communicated through lawyers.
I wanted to punch her boyfriend (now her husband).
Tonight we broke bread, laughed, played with the kids and had a great evening.
Never give up friends.
PEACE is a choice.
It’s YOUR choice.
Not THEIR choice.
“Yea but he does…”
“Yea but she does…”What your ex does is IRRELEVANT.
YOU CHOOSE how and what you say.
YOU CHOOSE how and what you do.Even when they are trying to fight with you.
ESPECIALLY when they are trying to fight with you.
CHOOSE to create PEACE by LIVING PEACEFULLY. ♥