Crazy Sh$% people say when you are divorcing. For Reals. (People truly say the strangest things to you when you are divorcing.) Just a few truly unbelievable comments people have said to me during my divorce. When you are divorcing, lots of people have lots of comments that they just NEED to share. You have these people in your life. […]
What is your greatest fear during divorce?
What is your greatest fear during divorce? I woke up at 2:30 am in a sweat bath of anxiety. What is the fear that wakes me in the darkness? What am I so afraid of? It is my greatest fear. Fear of disappointing. See, I was bred to be a pretty Southern girl. My job was not to be smart, […]
Stop saying I’m sorry! Why do we as women always say I’m sorry?
As women, do you realize how much we say I’m sorry in an actual day? I’m no different. I need to stop saying I’m sorry. So to get it out of my system, I thought I’d just make a list and get all of my “I’m sorry’s” out of the way at once. What, you ask, am I sorry about? […]
A Poem About Divorce: The Power of Me.
A Poem About Divorce: The Power of Me. A Power About Divorce. THE POWER OF ME Don’t let the cotton candy hair and pleasing apple smile fool you. I am made of steel and spikes, Bone and ore There lies beneath this soft white skin-a core of asphalt. A mighty center. Miles of road. hairpin turns. Freeway walls of profane […]
My best divorce trick? A champagne and gummy bear strategy.
Want some odd tricks to get through divorce? Here’s one. I call it my champagne and gummy bear strategy. To quote Bill Clinton: I feel your pain. I know it in the hollow of my heart. You feel like sh*t. Actually, feeling anything would be welcome. You are numb. Carved out. Your well of emotions is bone dry. You have […]
Some awesome things you learn about yourself dating again after 40.
Some awesome things you learn dating again after 40. Dating again over 40? Some things are good, some not so much. But here are the kinda awesome things you do learn about yourself dating again after 40. Am I scared about dating over 40? Yes. A big fat hell yes. The last time I was single parachute pants and perms were […]
You never think you’ll be the one getting a divorce.
You never think you’ll be the one getting a divorce. But it happened to me. And so here I am on the carousel of divorce crappery. Here I am in the middle of a divorce. And just to make sure that I had a Super Sized order of instability, I lost my job. Yes, I also became another casualty of […]