Allowing our children control because we feel guilty, because we are tired of fighting, because we think it will make them like us. These are all things we find ourselves doing or thinking of doing, especially in the midst of or following a divorce. None of us would choose to put our children through READ MORE
Month: October 2018
Stopping Your Mind
Stop thinking. Easy to say, but so very hard to do. When going through something like a divorce, we are our own worst enemies. The more we think about our situation, the more we beat ourselves up. And the more we try not to think about it ,the more we think about it. While READ MORE
Setting an Example
Setting an example. It sounds easy enough – not! A friend who has been through a rough divorce and is really struggling in her new life recently made a comment to me that hit a reality nail on the head. She was sharing with me how tough things are; she has no car, lives READ MORE
Outside of My Comfort Zone- Way Outside
Talk about outside your comfort zone… Fast forward now six and a half years. My daughter wanted to attend an event at our church, and we really wanted her to be a part of it, but she was at her dad’s for the weekend. You have to know the whole story to understand just how READ MORE
Thrown for a loop
Talk about being totally thrown for a loop, caught off guard and dumbfounded. That was me this week. I am having a very difficult time even writing this out as I am not sure what exactly is going on, or why it is happening. Recently I had decided I really and seriously needed to do READ MORE
Is there a switch?
How does one turn off love? Is there a switch? This question came about as I went through the early, ugly stages of my divorce. How does someone who promised to love me until death do us part, someone who said “I love you” every day, now hate me with a capital H? As READ MORE