Posted by Delaine - January 1, 2011 - Grief/ Anger, Surviving
(A Divorced Reader’s ‘FIRST’ Valentine’s Day after divorce) I admit it. This Valentine’s Day thing has me rolling my eyes. I don’t want to say it aloud to all my happily married and in-love friends. But all the dreamy romanticism of this holiday makes me want to …well…spew. I know it’s cause I’m not ready for a [...]
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Posted by Delaine - October 12, 2010 - Career & Money, Career Growth & Change
This is such a huge moment for me, a personal milestone like no other, that I wanted to share it with all of you! Honestly, if someone had told me three years ago that I was going to not only write a book, but get a deal with a major publishing house, I’d have say, [...]
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Posted by Delaine - September 28, 2010 - Career & Money, Career Growth & Change, Healing, Identity, Parenting, Phases/ Stages, Single Moms, Strong Mind & Spirit, Time Without Kids
Three weeks ago, the youngest of my three children started school full time. And as she disappeared into the school with a brave look on her face, I stood in the school yard waiting for ‘it’ to hit me: sadness…or at least nostalgia. I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for ten years after all… But I had tears. No [...]
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Posted by Delaine - June 29, 2010 - Parenting, Single Moms
I’m writing this article with the theme song of the movie Rocky playing in my mind. For at this very moment, I don’t just feel like Delaine The Divorced Mother who raises her three kids 95% of the time on her own with no help. No no - I am a champion; my feet are dancing [...]
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Posted by Delaine - May 8, 2009 - Dating & Sex, Healing, Longing...and Learning, Wisdom Gained
Laughing. Making love. Holding. Pillow talking… No, I’m not fantasizing about falling in love again. I’m imagining what it would be like to experience a weekend of ‘love without attachment.’
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