About 4-1/2 years ago when my marriage ended, my life as I knew it entirely changed. I had just turned 40 that spring and moved my only child 7 hours away to college earlier that fall. This was a period of mourning and a period of discovery – a death and a rebirth. I had always tried to treat people kindly, but always considered myself to be in the shadows, the supportive woman behind the man. I...