Originally Posted by
LS2 
Why is the fear of being on my own, single mom, going to school and possibly needing a job scare me more than the toxic environment I am living in?
Because it
is scary. It scares me too and I've done that - for a long time! I have a great career, my kids are teenagers and the light at the end of the tunnel for parenting is shining brighter every day. And still, the prospect of having to do it again on my own is scary.
Change is scary. Sounds like you are taking good steps. Keep it up! Consider each step a monumental event and it won't seem so daunting.
I went to the bank last week and applied for a mortgage. I was actually sweating - its 0 outside, and I am sweating! Yeesh - they rolled out the red carpet and I am still freaking out! Baby steps...one day at a time...and you, like me, will probably look back on this one day and say, "shoot, that wasn't so bad after all!"