Posted by Delaine - January 22, 2012 - Advice, Grief/ Anger, Healing, slideshow, Wisdom Gained
This Valentine’s Day season is turning out to be a tough one for many of my readers. Letters are steadily trickling in, speaking of break-ups, heart-ache, sadness, and overwhelm. Everyone is looking for reprieve – to break free of the pain, to feel their smile, at the very least, to hold onto hope. I offer up ’tips’ to some readers, suggestions on [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 15, 2012 - Advice, Grief/ Anger, Healing, Surviving
I have been through four Valentine’s Days since I got divorced. And I’ve been all over the map emotionally: sad. Indifferent. Self-pitying. Grumpy (read this from the archives!). At other times however, I was happy and excited, as I learned to cope with this season of love and romance in new and different ways. Thus [...]
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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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