Don’t expect to be friends with your ex. Not at the start anyways. This is what I wish someone, or many people, had told me at the beginning of my divorce. I’m not saying you should expect to be enemies; no, not at all. I’m saying you should aim for something in the middle – like a [...]
“Hang tough Delaine – things are going to better. You really are better without him…” Many, many times I heard these words from girlfriends when I found out my ex was cheating. I knew they were right, that at some point things HAD to get better. But while in the throes of my grief, those words felt [...]
You’re on the phone with your ex, courteously discussing a pending issue related to your kids or your divorce. Suddenly, ‘it’ happens – his voice turns whiney and he starts singing the ‘poor-me’ blues. Or maybe he throws in an unexpected mean remark. Or maybe, just maybe, he decides to start venting – and you find you and your character [...]
Out of the blue, my aunt emailed me this photo tonight. I’m not posting it because I want you say I look cute. I’m showing it because it made me burst out crying. Look at how innocent I was. My God, the face of an angel with hair so white. I keep wondering what I was like back then…but 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 [...]
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