A couple years ago I read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, and I can’t remember exactly how she worded it, but basically a big message from the book (for me, anyway) is that if you get joy and satisfaction from creating something, whether it’s writing or painting or sculpting or gardening or singing or WHATEVER, […]
life after divorce
You worked hard for this, Mom.
The kids are with their father this weekend. We live about three miles away from each other. This weekend it’s hot and sunny in CT after a long stretch of sorta crappy weather. Soccer ended last weekend, and there are no swim meets this weekend. I have two days all to myself. No obligations. No […]
I’m Nowhere Near Ready To Date
I went out to eat with my cousin a few weeks ago and she asked me if I was dating at all and I replied with F*CK THAT and she was a little surprised. I belong to a Facebook group for divorced women and there are tons of posts about “never being able to find […]
A Week Of Opportunities
Today is the first day of spring break for the kids, and this is my first divorced spring break. It’s also the first time I won’t see my kids for seven consecutive days because this year they will be spending the break with their dad. It would be hard if they were going somewhere far away. […]
The Next Chapter
Two weeks and two days ago, my parents closed on a new home for the kids and me. I’m renting it from them until I can qualify for a mortgage on my own. The journey from first seeing the house to closing on it was a long and VERY emotional one – it was a […]
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 […]