Before we told the kids about the divorce, I was terrified of both their reaction and my reaction. I couldn’t fathom not being with them. Not even for one night. Which is kind of funny. Because there have been many, many, many nights where I would have loved a break. And now I have that […]
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Chapter One: The Wedding
I’m working on a book. Maybe. Here’s the first chapter. I got kind of drunk at our wedding. I don’t know if I could tell you the exact reason why. It was probably a combination of a few things. September 18, 2004 was our wedding day, and it was also my 35th birthday. Hurricane Ivan […]
My First Night
***NOTE FROM SUSIE — trying something new tonight… I might have a book in me. Here’s a chapter. What do you think?*** We told the kids about the divorce the Friday night before. All the details had yet to be worked out, and we were all still living in the same house. One thing we […]
I Can Sit In Discomfort
Yesterday I shared that I am getting divorced. This wasn’t a decision we came to quickly. In fact the process was officially started almost a year ago. But it wasn’t until last week that we shared this information with the kids. There are two reasons it took so long to really get the process moving. […]
It Wasn’t Supposed To End This Way
My husband and I have never had a super healthy marriage. There were red flags right from the start on both ends that neither of us really paid attention to. Maybe we weren’t able to see them at the time. Or maybe we just chose not to. Either way, for sixteen years we’ve tried to […]
Nothing Changes When Nothing Changes
I found out a week ago that my husband was let go from his job. I was angry. Really angry. I was angry because there was no warning. I was angry because we were completely unprepared. I was angry because he did nothing wrong and he was a really good employee. I was angry because […]
