Posted by Delaine - January 23, 2014 - Healing, On being alone, Strong Mind & Spirit, Wisdom Gained
FROM THE ARCHIVES 2011 There is a feeling under my skin - one that has risen to the surface over the past few years since my divorce. It tells of love, despair, renewal, and adventure. It comes from marrying, birthing, falling, bleeding, daring, reaching and celebrating. It’s a story – a hard-earned one – that is me, but not all of me: […]
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Posted by Delaine - September 28, 2011 - Healing, On being alone, Phases/ Stages, Understanding Men/Women
Over the past three years since I got divorced, it is by far THE most popular statement I’ve heard from women: “I don’t need a man”. And it’s been said with passion. Power. Ownership. As if it’s been EARNED. And I’ve heard it all over the place: from dinners with girlfriends…to dating sites…. to here […]
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Posted by Delaine - May 17, 2011 - Career & Money, Managing Money, On being alone, Strong Mind & Spirit, Wisdom Gained
Anyone looking in on my life when I was married would have thought, ‘Man, now she‘s living the Good Life.” Cause in addition to having three beautiful children, a lovely home and lots of ‘toys’, we appeared to have a lot of love and wealth; the quintessential family dream come true. When I chose to file for divorce, […]
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Posted by Delaine - March 6, 2011 - Healing, On being alone, Phases/ Stages
Written by Deborah Moskovitch. It was a dream-like experience. Upon returning from a weekend away with our children, the bedroom closets were empty—my husband, now my ex, had moved out. He took the fabulous living room furniture that we had purchased not that long ago. My world was changing. The reality was, I wanted to […]
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Posted by Delaine - January 22, 2011 - Healing, On being alone, Support & Girlfriends
Written by Kathryn Michaels. I’ve been divorced for about a year. We had no kids so it was basically a clean break, if that is even possible. My heart was shattered into a million fragmented pieces, and a lot of those pieces are just now starting to heal. Mostly I feel like I’m in a good […]
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Posted by Delaine - June 16, 2010 - Dating & Sex, Fears & Challenges, Longing...and Learning, On being alone, Relationships, Single Moms
So I broke up with someone last week – a single dad of two. He’s the first man I’ve gone out with since divorcing that I contemplated getting serious with whatsoever. But even though we got along brilliantly, even though he said he was crazy about me, one main thing deterred his interest: the fact that I […]
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Posted by Delaine - February 3, 2010 - Advice, Dealing with the ex, On being alone, Support & Girlfriends, Surviving
Two months into his divorce, Mike returned home early from work one afternoon to a big surprise: his ex-wife had let herself in and was standing in his living room. “I needed to come by and pick up a few things,” she said casually. “I tried calling you earlier. Didn’t you get my message? I didn’t think you’d mind…” […]
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Posted by Delaine - January 12, 2010 - Advice, Healing, On being alone, Phases/ Stages
Within months of separating from my ex two years ago, I suddenly felt an incredible need to redecorate the master bedroom. I’m not sure if I did it more as a mental distraction at the time, or if some unconscious part of me knew I needed to ‘get him out of there” and make a new space […]
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