This is not a pity post

I have heard that it takes time and patience to get over a broken heart. Does the same apply if it feels like your heart has been ripped out and all that's left is a jagged hole where it used to be?? I guess I'm just thinking that when you invest time with someone it's with the expectation that it will go somewhere. When it doesn't.....I guess, for me, at 28 years old and 2 kids that I'm not all that excited about single nor am I excited about dating again. It's so much different when children are involved. In my eyes it makes dating harder because you can't just bring random people around your children. I look at my son everyday and think your dad should be here. Life for us was not supposed to go this way. I should still have my family all under the same roof. All I can do is pray and ask God to order my steps down the path he wants me to travel. But dammit, love hurts.