While my co-parenting efforts have been shunned by my ex-wife, I have never failed to ask to be included in all parenting decisions. It's in our parenting plan, the one we both signed when we agreed to our divorce documents. Even when my co-parent refuses to co-parent, I can be a great co-parent. My kids deserve it. My ex is frustrated by it. And I am at peace with it.
I have come out of lightspeed and back to the known universe. There are some good things about this and some things that feel disappointing. As the hyperspace experience of…
Subtitle: One father’s journey to staying connected and engaged with his children before, during, and after divorce. [Yes, I am still working on the book title.] This is a parent…
The divorce was never my idea. I did not ask for it. I did not agree with it. And I fought against it. But you cannot force another person to…
Equal parenting is how we started this whole "kids" thing. Don't you think equal parenting is how we should finish it? My then-wife went to see an attorney during the…
Today, as my kids are teenagers, they have made the decision to live with their mom full-time. It's okay. It makes their lives easier. Packing and shuttling to my house…
I did learn to love full-on in this marriage. I learned to put my whole soul into the project and come back with the joy of being a parent, and…
My ex still thinks I'm her problem. When she vents at me I begin to feel like she's got some unfinished business. Just like I did when we were married.…
