From a grown up child of divorce – practical guides and a place to rant
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Maybe I’ve just had weddings on the brain, but it seems like I’ve been reading about matrimony everywhere. First, I read about the demise of the magazine Modern Bride. Can you believe that? The publication has been dropped. Then Wednesday Martin posted a link last week to the art and story of a second wife’s [...]
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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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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’ve got a few posts swimming through my head right now, but every time I sit down to write I come back to this. I never really meant this place to become a personal journal. I never wanted it to detail the day to day happenings of my life. But today this post must be [...]
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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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Stepmoms have an unfortunate image to shake. Good old Walt wasn’t kind to them and he helped stick stepmother-hood with a legacy of connotations like wicked, evil, green eyed and (step) monster. Many stepmothers feel like they’re hated before they even begin. That no matter how loving and attentive they are or could ever be, [...]
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When oh when does co-parenting end?
by Carolyn on September 12, 2009
I think many co-parents have a bright shiny date in their future that they are waiting for like children on Christmas Eve. Oh yes, I’m talking about that magical birthday that will signal the removal of so many thorns in their sides. Although it’s not their own, it’s a birthday that they salivate at the [...]
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