It's been 2 years since Hannah's divorce. She doesn't plan on staying single for the rest of her life. She tried going out and meeting people, but they never had what she was looking for. She decided to take the route of trying online dating instead...
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Moving from my hometown was the start to a fresh beginning. A couple of months had passed since my divorce, and staying here didn't have the same warm feeling you would get from experiencing a beautiful sunrise or from watching a wholesome video. It was more so as if the color was being drained from everything in sight. The radiant look it gave in the middle of the day seemed dimmer, and the fresh clean smell had faded away. At least from my perspective. Maybe I was being drained every bit of rainbows and sunshine I had left in me.
Getting over a divorce wasn't easy of course, but staying in, depressed, and lying in bed most of the day was not the best choice. At the time it was the most desirable lifestyle. In my opinion lying in bed eating my favorite ice cream, cookies and cream, crying to romance movies, and snuggling with my cat everyday was a daydream I wouldn't want to wake up from. Until the feeling of regret and sorrow started showing not only in me, but around my house. My next best option that would soon change my life was to get up and move. Traveling was next on my list of desirable lifestyles anyway.
I had saved up enough money to put to the side for this big move to be able to pay off three months of rent and utilities. Even though I didn't have to, because the money from my online business of homemade candles was selling out and making a stable income for me to live comfortably and move freely. It just made me relax better that way knowing that I could just focus on getting settled. My candles had just about every house in town smelling sweet and fresh in the spring and summer, and in fall and winter it smelled like pumpkin spice and maple syrup that gave off a warm and cozy feeling. There were of course the yearly candles they just can't get enough off. I even decided to sell most of my furniture to make the move more effortless and expeditious. Most of the people in my town seemed like they didn't indulge on the internet. They enjoyed being outside and around family, so I decided to take the old-fashioned route and have myself a little yard sell. My town was always busy, and people was always going on walks. I can honestly say I had many potential buyers. To get the word out more I made flyers to put up. I knew this yard sell would be a breeze, because of my good reputation.
The only thing I dreaded was having to talk about my divorce that was not surprisingly spreading around town. Minding your own business was clearly not a thing here in Silver Dale. Gossip here spreads faster than the speed of light. I remember the time when Gavin cheated on his girlfriend, and I kid you not, not even a couple hours later the whole town knew. When I say the whole town. I mean literally the whole town like it's crazy. Living here anything good, bad, and embarrassing could stick to you for life. Wouldn't want to live here just by the sound of that huh? Keeping things to yourself would more than happy to be your best friend.
It was now the next morning which was the day of my yard sell that started at noon. My alarm clock that's not an actual alarm clock woke me up from what would have been a sleep in. My alarm is my cat Oreo. He was waking me up to let me know it was time for his breakfast. Even if I wanted to sleep in, I knew it wouldn't have lasted long. It's fine though anything for my sweet face Oreo, and I still had to get ready for the yard sell. I call him Oreo because of his breed being a tuxedo cat and his black and white fur. I fed him his breakfast and watched him eat. While I had my go to strawberry cream cheese on a toasted bagel and a French vanilla latte.
