From a grown up child of divorce – practical guides and a place to rant
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Today, families come in all shapes and sizes. Same sex couples with children, step families, single parent households and extended family households are becoming a larger demographic than ever before and their numbers may even be eclipsing those of the traditional nuclear family. We are no longer a culture of Cleavers living as husbands with [...]
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As a child of divorce I’ve lived my life with one enormous fear. The fear of not being wanted. It still haunts me. I’ve seen it haunt others. Like a monkey on our backs that lays dormant for a while but wakes up at the slightest hint of confirmation. I wish it wasn’t so. I [...]
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It hurts my family to know that I never felt like I fit in with them. Hearing or reading this truth is like a knife slashing across their chests. I didn’t realize that until now. Oh believe me, it hurts me too. But I’ve been dealing with that knowledge since my parents remarried. I’ve had [...]
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Our diversity amazes me. Some of us were very young when it happened. Some of us were school aged or even teenagers. Some of us have watched a parent or two remarry. Some may have even sat through a few marriages. Some got step siblings. Some watched their parents have more children. Although we are [...]
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