Archive: December, 2008

“My ex-husband took the kids for the first time this weekend. And my heart is so heavy.”   This message awaited me from a newly-divorcing friend on Facebook this morning.  She was floundering, her free time only reminding her how empty and confused she felt.    I read her message with a tight chest:  I [...]

I’m not sure why the memories came at me tonight. Perhaps it was the fresh fallen snow and smell in the air that triggered them; Xmas is coming after all. Perhaps it was because my ex moved last weekend to a small town outside Calgary; I know he will now spend even less time with [...]