Posted by Delaine - March 22, 2011 - Healing, Infidelity, Surviving, Wisdom Gained
You my not see it. But it’s there… deep within him. It is beyond his admission, beyond his self-awareness. But it’s there, eating away at his soul… His self-loathing. He may seem all blissfully happy-in-love with her; look at that skip in his step. That skips says that he wants nothing more than to ‘get [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 28, 2011 - Legal Matters, Support & Girlfriends, Surviving
Smart. Well-informed. A ’no- BS’ kind of dame. This is the type of girlfriend I think every divorcing woman needs in her corner as she navigates divorce. Especially if the divorce has gotten tense…and the ex is a dirty fighter. I don’t think it’s the only kind of friend or support we need; there are those whose primarily listen, those who make us forget, those [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 18, 2011 - Children, Grief/ Anger, Parenting, Surviving, Trying to Get Along
Written by Shelley Stiles. During and after our divorce, we all have a strong desire to protect our children and ensure they are safe and sound. Most of us are familiar with the well-known strategies for achieving that goal but what it all comes down to is the question: Do you love your kids more than you [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 8, 2011 - Blended & Changing Families
A Q & A with blended family expert Shirley Cress Dudley. QUESTION: I have two girls, ages 8 and 12. My future husband has three kids – girls, ages 6 and 12, and an 8 year old boy. We have every other week custody of our children, on the same days. They also attend the [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 3, 2011 - Social Barriers & Change, Support & Girlfriends
Sonya looks incredible at age 43. Having recently become a marathon runner and dedicated herself to an intense training regime, she has a figure – and a muscle/fat ratio - most of us would give our eye-teeth for. But Sonya is also divorced. And just because of the ’D’ label, she has had to deal with something most divorced women [...]
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Posted by Delaine - December 27, 2010 - Infidelity, Surviving
It’s something I bet Tiger Woods wished he’d had - and something everyone, including cheaters, can now take advantage of. It’s called TigerText. And it can kill embarassing text messages or ‘evidence’ – forever. Released in February 2010 by California start-up, X Sigma Partners, TigerText is an iPhone application that enables users to set a lifespan on messages [...]
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