Finding Freedom in Connection

You know, after the divorce, I thought I was finally free. Free from her

moods, her judgments, her constant need to control every part of me.

I told myself I didn't need anyone. Not her, not society,

not even my own family. I was done being shaped by someone else's expectations

and emotional control. Oh. I remember reading something in the Bible

as I was randomly flipping through its pages. Romans 12:2. "Don't conform to

the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

Back then, it sounded like religious fluff. I wasn't about to let some