Why I am Finally "Single," No Longer "Divorced"

I left my husband fifteen years ago, and it took eight years for the divorce to become finalized, so when I was truthfully able to write “divorced” on surveys and paperwork, I was pretty happy to do it. No longer "separated." "Divorced" at long last.

I left my husband fifteen years ago, and it took eight years for the divorce to become finalized, so when I was truthfully able to write “divorced” on surveys and paperwork, I was pretty happy to do it. No longer "separated." "Divorced" at long last.

But I’ve been doing it for a long time now, and I don’t feel that my terminated marriage defines me any l…