While it was at one time a very healthy marriage, it took marital therapy and five years for Bloom to get to the point where she filed for divorce (after 16 years of marriage) and not because she stopped loving him but because she became a shell of the woman she knew herself to be.
Many years after my own divorce, I felt a sudden prompting to apologize to my ex-husband for my part in our failed marriage. Since the prompting was so powerful, I thought it would be easy to do; that is, until I opened my mouth to say the words, “I’m sorry” and suddenly found the words stuck in my throat.
On March 5, 2015, Greg Ellis’ life changed forever. The actor, who portrayed Lieutenant Commander Groves in the Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise; Chief Engineer Olsen in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek; had roles in “24;” “Hawaii Five-0;” and voice-over character portray- als too numerous to list; had met with fellow actor Andy Garcia earlier in the day.
While divorce can be complicated, you can make it through the dissolution of your marriage and thrive emotionally, physically and financially through the process.