I found myself in the dog food aisle of a store yesterday and as I lingered to compare the ingredients on various brands, I heard a woman crying. I looked up and saw her holding on to her cart, attempting to put a huge bag of dog food into it.
Clearly, she was struggling and upset beyond words. I stood up and helped her get the bag into her cart. She thanked me and then began to cry even harder.
I asked her if there was something I could do to help her in any way. She looked at me through swollen eyes and said, “I wish you could. Thanks anyway. What I need is someone to help me get through my divorce.”
She started to walk away, and her crying got even more uncontrollable. Since women approach me and I don’t approach them, I wasn’t sure what to do. I thought helping women like her is what I do so I’ll just give her my card and tell her about this website.
I caught up to her and said, “Pardon me, I just wanted to let you know that I am a Divorce Coach and I have a website geared to helping women get through the divorce process.”
I handed her my card and said, “If you would like me to help you, just email me.” Then I said, “You know, I was where you are a very long time ago and I promise you, things do get better. In fact, I learned that my divorce ended up being one of the best things that could have happened to me.”
I told her, “Good luck to you” and turned to walk away. I heard her say a weak, “Thank you” through more tears.
I fell asleep wondering what she was going through and hoping I would be given the chance to help her. I just received her email and I’m going to ask her if I can share parts of it in tomorrow’s post.
Photo: Jeff Keen
