From a grown up child of divorce – practical guides and a place to rant
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I can feel it coming. Can you? My self destruction is looming in the corner. Taunting me. Ready to take over at my slightest concession. This is what I do. It’s what I’ve done. It’s who I’ve been. I’ll tell you a story. There once was a girl who had her whole future laid in [...]
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I always wanted a full blooded sibling. For a couple of reasons. First, I always wished for someone to share the burden of being the last remaining relic of my parent’s marriage. It’s hard feeling like an anchor around your parent’s ankles; tethering them to one another when they so very much wanted to be [...]
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One year ago today, I went nervously to a hospital knowing that day I’d meet my daughter. One year ago today, I relied on family to care for my precious son, not knowing how long we’d be apart. One year ago today, I gave up all control and put my trust in doctors and nurses. [...]
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My parents met, got married and had me. I’m alive today and living a richer life than I ever could have imagined. I’ll always be grateful to them for giving me my greatest gift – life. My parents got divorced. And I still feel a little sad, angry and hurt by that. I sometimes wonder [...]
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Love that tagline! Have you ever read Lindsay Ferrier? If you haven’t, you should. She writes a column for the Nashville City Newspaper, maintains her blog Suburban Turmoil and has also blogged for Parents Magazine. This lady is one busy writer. With her being both a child of divorce and stepmother, I’m always interested to [...]
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I know, I know, it’s Thursday. I’m not contemplating the day of the week. I’m thinking about Dr. Wednesday Martin Ph.D., and author of the new book Stepmonster. Someone who I started reading almost by accident and to be honest, I wasn’t her biggest fan. But as with most things that create an emotional response [...]
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I go back to work in less than a month. My maternity leave is coming to an end and I’m excited to re-enter the land of adults, terribly sad to leave my little monkeys and petrified I won’t be able to balance my life all at the same time. But really, it’s time. Us Canadian [...]
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Alienation can go both ways
by Carolyn on September 22, 2009
I was struck by a blog post this week. This isn’t where I was planning on going with this second installment on parental alienation syndrome (PAS), but it is completely relevant and I think it brings up some interesting issues surrounding alienation in a family post divorce. The post is from a great blog called [...]
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