When You Are Blinded By The Light

Mandy McElroy
3 min readSep 8, 2021

What I see now that I never noticed before.

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Look at this joyful young couple! Yes, it is the notorious daughter and her husband. Looking completely miserable, particularly the husband. If only they could be somewhere else, anywhere other than my house. On Thanksgiving even!

I took this picture of my little grandaughter happily playing in my old ballet shoes, she was having such…

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Mandy McElroy

Divorced for 2 years, after leaving a 40 year marriage. An adult daughter removed herself and her children from my life due to my decision. The pain remains.