divorced

Sometimes a good divorce is better than a bad marriage.

Kinder Than the Lightning
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm.” —Bob Dylan I Coming into the place, Toppers, from a light drizzle, I ran my hand through my damp hair, took a seat next to my friend Cecilia and ordered a Hopadillo from Marianne, behind the bar.
By Conrad Ilesia4 years ago in Families
Life imitating fiction
Hi I'm Toni Song, freelance musician and fledgling author. When my family and I lived in China for awhile I took up writing fiction just for fun. As I wrote about my character Sasa, a Chinese woman living in America, I never imagined that my own life would start to mirror that of my character. It did and this is my story.
By Toni McGuire4 years ago in Families
She was sober in the world and did not get a certificate with her father, but she became a close friend with me
After my mother died, my father had no intention of marrying again, but he also refused to live with our sisters. He said that the picture is quiet and that he wants to live alone.
By david4 years ago in Families
Types of Child Custody
Divorce is hard for everyone. Whether it was your choice or not, your whole life is going to change. If you have children, it can be even worse. Their lives are going to change also.
By Shelley Wenger4 years ago in Families
Get Back In Your Cell
Helllloooo, wait, listen up! We've been trying to reach you for weeks -actually months, ever since you started fantasizing about moving to seashells and giving up your couch pillows. We want to inform you-
By Lichen4 years ago in Families
Coparenting
"Post-separation co-parenting describes a situation where two parents work together to raise a child after they are divorced, separated, or never having lived together. Advocates for co-parenting oppose the habit to grant custody of a child exclusively to a single parent and promote shared parenting as a protection of the right of children to continue to receive care and love from all parents. Epidemiological studies have shown that joint custody and other arrangements where children have greater access to both parents lead to better physical, mental and health outcomes for children."
By Winter Justice4 years ago in Families
Houseplant
After any especially bad day in my marriage I buy a new houseplant. At first it wasn’t deliberate, or even clear to me as the habit developed. I would walk in retail garden sections because I found them soothing; because it helped me feel somewhat calmer, somehow more myself. And slowly the plants came home with me, clutched like little leaf babies among the shopping.
By Christina Conway4 years ago in Families
Be the Light
When you get married, divorce is never the first thing that comes to mind as you slowly make your way down the aisle, making eye contact with your soon-to-be spouse. Your future flashes before your eyes - the life you had envisioned for yourself and your spouse. Visions of traveling the world. Starting a family. Growing old together. But what happens when the world you created in your mind, comes crumbling down in the world around you? That glass-shattering reality that you never thought would be yours. So, what do you do when that becomes your reality?
By Crosbie Alexandra 4 years ago in Families
Teach a Woman to Fish
I should consider myself lucky. Some people grow up never knowing a parent, or both parents. Some still, end up getting to know only to have them unjustly ripped from their childlike hands many years too soon. I have two dads. Or had, anyway. I’m now back to the normal ‘one’. But things don’t, nor have they ever felt, normal. Like the half of U.S. households whose children witness the divorce of their parents, I am yet another statistic.
By E.K. Daniels4 years ago in Families
My Complicated Life
The story with my dad is for lack of a better word.. complicated. My parents have had a messed up relationship and went through years of struggle just to come to the resolution that I would stay with my mom for the majority of the time, I still see my dad from time to time but our relationship isn't very good and continues to deteriorate as I get older, don't get me wrong, I still would love to have a relationship with my dad but as I get older I learn more about him and my mother's past and it gets harder and harder to trust him and have the bond I see and hear about with other dads and their sons. I've had a difficult life to say the least and I just want everything to be normal, it's been tough but I realize now as I get older that it's turned me into the person I am today and in a way... I'm thankful. My Dad might not have been there for it and he may have had a negative effect, but in a way he's made me the man I am today.
By Aidan Kastl4 years ago in Families
Vice Principal who believes in inclusion
Mind maps are for everyone, both young and old, and mind-maps are for the child with a big dream. Mind-maps are for the A Student. Mind-maps are for the child others don't believe in to have a place of self-expression. Mind-maps are for the person with obstacles in their way. Mind-maps are for the CEOS who need to figure out how to get their company back on track. Mind-maps are the calmest way of resolution when it comes to weighing out distractions.
By Irene Mielke4 years ago in Families
THE HOUSE DAD
Stay at home dads are three to four times more likely to get divorced. Usually this is instigated by the mother. The number one reason given is that the mother does not like going against the non-breadwinner societal-stereotype of the male partner.
By Frank Coles4 years ago in Families