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June 16, 2015 / 1:17 PM

'Just Divorced' Georgia woman celebrates by decorating truck

"Independent woman" Leona Metcalf said she sees her divorce as "a celebration."

By
Ben Hooper
Leona Metcalf of Lawrenceville, Ga., said she sees her divorce as a celebration. WFTX-TV screenshot
Leona Metcalf of Lawrenceville, Ga., said she sees her divorce as "a celebration." WFTX-TV screenshot

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., June 16 (UPI) -- A Georgia woman is celebrating her long-awaited divorce by driving around in a pickup truck emblazoned with the words, "Just Divorced."

Leona Metcalf of Lawrenceville said her husband of nearly a decade walked out on her five years ago, but her divorce wasn't finalized until late last week.

Melcalf affixed cans to her Ford F-150 pickup truck and wrote "Just Divorced" on the windows and tailgate of the vehicle in a reference to the custom of decorating the cars of the newly married.

"I'm an independent woman," Metcalf told WAGA-TV. "To me, it's a celebration because it should have been over 5 years ago."

"You see people putting 'Just Married' on their cars to celebrate their wedding so I decided, hey, why not put 'Just Divorced' on my truck to celebrate my divorce?" she told The Huffington Post.

Metcalf said her truck has earned her a lot of honks of support from other motorists.

"I had absolutely no idea it would receive this much positivity and publicity," she said. "I simply thought it was a cute idea. But everywhere I go people tell me they think my positive spirit is awesome and shout things like 'what a cool idea' and 'you go girl!'"

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