Going Meta: Divorce, Depression, and Befriending Sadness
I am a feeling-driven person. My moods can drive ecstatic highs of creativity and pull me into lows of lethargy and inertia. There's no amount of lamenting that's going to…
The Divorced Dad Syndrome Miss-plained By a Divorced Mom
Divorced Dad Syndrome? I'd never heard of it until I sumbled on this post. There are some inherent problems in the opening paragraphs of this divorced mom's premise about marriage…
The Divorce Whisperer
Does the divorce of someone near us cause us to consider divorce as a viable option? Did my divorce encourage my ex-y's best friend to leave her husband too? The…
What I Need To Tell You: Take Heart After Divorce. It Gets Better.
I'm happy. My posts/poems about desire are really about hoping and striving towards "what's next." I had a friend ping me on Facebook yesterday after reading one of my poems.…
Your Kids Are Watching How You Cope with Divorce
They are learning from you 100% of the time. They see you deal with disappointments, frustrations, and celebrations. They learn how to behave by watching your life. If you are…
Field Notes for My Next Marriage (What To Remember Before Getting Married)
Let me be clear, I'm not married. I'm not actually sure marriage is a priority for me in the next several years. I'm not ruling it out, but I'm also…
How a Balanced Divorce Might Have Better Served My Children
I wanted to recalibrate our family financial plan and see what other options were available to us as an aspirational couple. My then-wife was not happy about my idea to…
The Beleaguered Single Mother
I don't know much about how my ex-wife dealt with the divorce and her recovery from the breakup of our family. I do know she got the lion's share of…
