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My name is Andrea. I am thirty-seven years old. I have a husband. His name is Raymond. He is forty-one years old. We have been married for seven years. My marriage started with love, but slowly things became difficult. My husband and I began to argue very often. These fights happened every day. Raymond and I talked about many things, but we never agreed.

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00:00My name is Andrea. I am 37 years old. I have a husband. His name is Raymond. He is 41 years old.
00:11We have been married for seven years. I believed my marriage would last forever, but life has its own plans.
00:20My marriage started with love, but slowly things became difficult.
00:26My husband and I began to argue very often. These fights were not small. They happened almost every day.
00:37Raymond and I talked about many things, but we never agreed. We could not understand each other.
00:46Slowly, our love began to disappear. This was very painful to see.
00:53I tried to make things better. I wanted to save our marriage. I tried to talk, to listen, and to change some things, but it was not enough.
01:06The silence between us grew larger and larger. Our hearts became tired.
01:13Then the day came when I had to sign the divorce papers. It was a very sad and difficult day.
01:23My hand shook as I held the pen. Signing those papers meant that our marriage was truly over.
01:31I felt like a failure, like I had lost something very important.
01:37After I signed, I walked away. I left our old life behind. I felt very lost.
01:45I was unsure about everything, but then I told myself,
01:52This is not the end of my story. This is the start of a new one.
01:57After the divorce, I found a new place to live. It was a small apartment in the city close to my job.
02:07The first few weeks were hard. I often felt lonely. The nights were very quiet.
02:16Sometimes I cried, but during the day I worked hard.
02:20My job was important, and it helped me not to think too much about the past.
02:30My friends often called me and asked me to go out.
02:34They wanted me to meet new people and try dating again.
02:39They would say,
02:40Andrea, you need to go out. There are many good men out there.
02:46I knew they cared for me, but I was not ready.
02:50I always said no. I told them I needed more time.
02:56My heart was still healing.
02:59One morning, I was walking to work holding my coffee cup.
03:04Suddenly, my foot hit something, and I lost my balance.
03:10My coffee cup fell from my hand and hit the road.
03:15There was coffee on my clothes.
03:17I felt embarrassed as people walked past me.
03:22Then a voice spoke.
03:23Do you need some help?
03:25I looked up.
03:26It was a man.
03:27He had very kind eyes.
03:29He looked at me.
03:31He saw my face and the coffee on my shirt.
03:34It looks like you need a new coffee, he said.
03:38I said,
03:38Yes, maybe I do.
03:42My name is Robin, he said.
03:44Let me get you another one.
03:47We walked together to a small cafe.
03:51Robin did not ask questions about why I was sad or why I dropped my coffee.
03:58He just talked about simple things.
04:01We sat down, and he began to tell me about his day and about his work.
04:08He listened to me when I spoke.
04:11I realized that I felt safe with him, something I had not felt with anyone for a very long time.
04:22Robin and I started meeting often.
04:25We met for coffee, and sometimes we had lunch.
04:29I looked forward to seeing him.
04:33He made me laugh.
04:35He did not ask questions about my past life.
04:39One afternoon, I told him about my divorce.
04:44It was still hard to talk about.
04:47I explained how my first marriage ended and how lonely I had felt.
04:53Robin did not say I was wrong or right.
04:57He just listened.
04:59When I finished, he looked at me and said,
05:03Sometimes life breaks us.
05:06It makes us feel sad or lost.
05:09But this breaking can also help us.
05:13It gives us a chance to build again.
05:16We can build a new life, a stronger life, with new hopes.
05:21He said that it was okay to feel sad, but it was also important to look forward.
05:29His advice helped me a lot.
05:32I began to trust him.
05:34Robin became a very special person in my life.
05:38He was a true friend.
05:40Weeks turned into months.
05:42I thought about Robin every day.
05:46I waited for his messages.
05:48When my phone made a sound, my heart beat fast.
05:53I hoped it was a message from him.
05:56I would look at my phone many times just to see if he had called.
06:01I wanted to hear his voice.
06:04I wanted to see him more and more.
06:07My heart had been broken before.
06:10Could I open my heart again to someone new?
06:15One evening, Robin invited me to a concert.
06:19We sat together, listening to the songs.
06:22I felt very happy with him.
06:25I looked at Robin, and he smiled back at me.
06:29Then, he reached for my hand and held it softly.
06:34My heart began to beat fast.
06:37I felt a strong connection.
06:40I did not pull away.
06:42Instead, I gently squeezed his hand.
06:47My past marriage had ended with pain.
06:51I had promised myself to be careful.
06:54Now Robin was making me feel things I thought were gone forever.
07:00I wondered, can I really start over?
07:03Is it possible to find happiness with someone again?
07:08I was spending more time with Robin.
07:12He made me smile every day.
07:16I was starting to believe in love again.
07:19Then one afternoon, my phone rang.
07:22It was a number I did not know.
07:29I answered.
07:30It was Raymond, my ex-husband.
07:33Hello, Andrea, he said.
07:36This was strange.
07:37I had not heard from him since our divorce.
07:41What do you want, Raymond?
07:43I asked.
07:45Raymond said he missed me.
07:47He said he thought about me every day.
07:50He wanted to see me.
07:51He wanted to try again.
07:54He said he had made mistakes.
07:57He promised things would be different this time.
08:00I listened carefully.
08:03His words made me confused.
08:06I remembered the good times we had.
08:09But then other memories came.
08:12Memories of loud fights.
08:14Dinners where no one spoke.
08:17Memories of feeling alone even when he was there.
08:22He had promised to change many times.
08:25But he never did.
08:28Now I had Robin.
08:29Robin listened to me without judging me.
08:33I did not feel lonely when I was with him.
08:37I knew what I had to do.
08:40I could not go back to the past.
08:43The past was over.
08:45My future was waiting for me.
08:48My future was with Robin.
08:51I cannot.
08:53I told my ex-husband.
08:55It is over for us.
08:57We cannot go back.
08:58He tried to talk more but I stopped him.
09:02I thanked him for calling.
09:05Then ended the call.
09:07I knew I had made the right choice.
09:09I was ready for my future.
09:11Ready for new love.
09:14One afternoon, Robin and I went to the park.
09:18Suddenly, he took my hand.
09:20My heart began to beat fast.
09:22Robin looked at me.
09:24His eyes were full of love.
09:27Andrea, he said, you make me smile every day.
09:31I want to spend my life with you.
09:34Will you marry me?
09:35I could not speak.
09:37I had told myself I would never marry again.
09:41I was afraid of being hurt.
09:43But then I looked at Robin.
09:46He was so kind.
09:48So understanding.
09:50He had helped me heal and find joy again.
09:53With him, I felt safe and loved.
09:56Tears filled my eyes.
09:59Yes, I said.
10:00Yes.
10:01I will marry you, Robin.
10:03His eyes filled with tears, too, as he hugged me.
10:08We were very happy.
10:10We had a small wedding.
10:12I wore a simple white dress.
10:14When I walked toward Robin, he looked at me with so much love in his eyes.
10:21My divorce was not the end of my story.
10:24It was the beginning of finding my second husband, my true love.
10:31This is my happy ending, and I am grateful for every step that brought me here.
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