The first year of divorce was absolutely the most challenging year of my life. It was also the most rewarding. I’m not gonna lie. I spent the first fifteen months after we finalized the divorce treading water and making very little – if any – forward progress in most areas of my life. It’s only recently […]
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Mother’s Day 2022
I’ve never made a big deal about Mother’s Day. The kids are all in middle school now, so there weren’t going to be any school-made Mother’s Day gifts coming home from school. I didn’t mention anything about it to the kids. I didn’t have any expectations. I’m not into forcing them to do something for […]
A Lot Can Change In A Year
Last year I was supposed to finalize my divorce the day before Thanksgiving. The process had been started 14 months earlier and was dragging on and on and on and I was very much looking forward to just getting everything wrapped up and being able to finally move on. The day before we were supposed […]
I teach you how to believe in yourself.
It took me a long time to build up the courage to file for divorce. A long time. I knew for years what the right thing to do was. In my gut I knew I was fighting the inevitable. But I just didn’t have the inner strength — the inner belief — to pull the […]
Choose Your Ending
One of the things that held me back from getting divorced was the thought of leaving or losing my house. I didn’t think I could handle leaving the house, and I didn’t think the kids would be okay with it. If I’m going to be totally honest, I also looked at holding onto the house […]
4th Grade Social Studies in 1999
I was supposed to show you the “after” pictures of my office and playroom today but a couple unplanned things came up and then of course I found a box of pictures when I was cleaning up and it turned into an If You Give A Mouse A Cookie kind of situation. So I’ll show […]
