Blended Family Vacations – How to be Successful

Submitted by Shirley Cress Dudley
You and your new spouse/boyfriend are wondering what to do about a vacation… 
Do you have the fantastic idea of taking your newly blended family on a three-week car ride all around the United States?
Uh oh… maybe you haven’t thought this through.                       
Your spouse/boyfriend is asking if maybe we should just take separate [...]

Vacation, Divorce and You

Submitted by: Mark Banschick M.D.
Tailor Summer Vacation to Meet Your Children’s Needs
Hello Summer: Summertime is here, and with it comes unique hurdles and real opportunities for families of divorce. Parents who are early on in the divorce process need to think carefully about their plans and tailor them for their children. What we want is [...]

Valentine’s Doldrums? I THINK NOT!

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf

Valentine’s Day is coming up. Is it pulling on your heart strings, and making you feel a little bit sad? Are you facing it alone, and feeling pressure to be part of a couple? Valentine’s  doldrums? Cheer up!
Valentine’s Day is intended to be about love, right? You have children you love, [...]

New Year? New start?

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf
You know what I love about New Year’s? Not the parties, not the silly hats, not the streamers and confetti. I enjoy the days of relative calm leading up to the first, and on New Year’s Eve, I still delight in counting down to midnight, watching the ball drop in Times [...]

New Years Resolution: No More Husband Bashing

Submitted by: Cathy
Do you find yourself dialing a friend to vent at every twist and turn of your dreadful, never ending divorce? Ok gals, I can remember going through my divorce and having diarrhea of the mouth about every foul thing my ex did – and you know what? It didn’t make me feel any [...]

Nothing Says “Merry Christmas” Like A Divorce Voucher

These days you name it and you can find it in gift certificate form – spa treatments, movies, furniture…  But what do you think of the idea of a ‘Divorce Voucher’ as a Christmas gift?’
A few weeks ago, a law firm in England named Lloyd Platt and Company began offering such vouchers as gifts for the holiday [...]

Reader Question: First Post-Divorce Christmas

Submitted by: Cathy
My husband and I divorced several months ago after eleven years of marriage. He’s living in a neighboring town and we share custody of our children, ages nine and seven. It was a bitter divorce and our kids heard far too much anger towards the end.
My question is what to do about celebrating [...]

Heavy heart for the holidays?

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf
Newly separated or divorced? Already anticipating the holiday blues? There are no easy answers, but I may have a few suggestions heading into the season, even if your familial landscape (and marital status) is undergoing a difficult time of change.
Thanksgiving isn’t about the turkey
Just remember – Thanksgiving isn’t about the turkey [...]

Birthday Tiaras: The Sweetness of Life After Divorce

Submitted by: Maya
It was my birthday yesterday. I don’t know about you but I still get that princess feeling when I wake up and realise that it’s MY day. I polish my mental tiara and walk out into the world, seeing the flowers looking a little brighter, the coffee smells a bit nuttier, the [...]

Holiday Loneliness…How to Beat Those Post Divorce Holiday Blues

Submitted by: Maya
Yep, it’s getting to be that time of year again. In my family there are a rash of birthdays in October. Mama, Daddy and then me, followed by grandmothers, aunts, sisters~in~law, nephews and when I was finally out on my own and able to celebrate being an individual, I proceeded to have my [...]

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