Here Comes Peter Cottontail: Holiday Tips and Reminders

Submitted by: Shirley Cress Dudley Since Easter is right around the corner I thought I would remind you single parents that, holidays are about the children with a few tips and reminders. So, put on your Easter bonnets and make it a very Happy Easter for your children. Dealing with holidays after divorce is yet [...]

Post Divorce Christmas: Make Sure to Make Merry!

The holiday season is right around the corner. If you are divorced, this may be a corner you aren’t looking forward to turning. Most people happily anticipate the holiday season but for some it is a period of loneliness, isolation, depression, conflict over visitation schedules and more time thinking about an ex you don’t want [...]

Reader Question: First Post-Divorce Christmas

Submitted by: Cathy Meyer 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 [...]

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 [...]

Help for the Holiday Shuffle: Dreading the Holidays?

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf What divorced parent doesn’t dread the holidays – just a little bit? We’re headed into times for family gatherings. For many of us, our Thanksgiving and Christmas preparations are tinged with melancholy. We know that tables will be set for a smaller number than they used to be. We may [...]

Planning Travel for the Holidays

Submitted by blended family expert, Shirley Cress Dudley Have you ever sat down, the week before Thanksgiving, and realized that no one talked about visitation?  You don’t know who’s staying with whom or what days you are celebrating holidays…it’s just crazy to not plan ahead! Coordinating the Schedules Planning your calendar makes life easier for [...]

Ex-spouse keeps changing the holiday schedule – what to do?

A Q&A with blended family expert, Shirley Cress Dudley A Blended Family Mom asks: We can’t plan our holidays because my husband’s ex-spouse keeps changing the visitation schedule.  We want to plan a vacation with all of our kids, but we can’t do it, unless we get definite visitation dates from my husband’s ex.   My [...]

Holiday Loneliness…How to Beat Those Post Divorce Holiday Blues

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 daughter on [...]

Links We Love: Ten Signs You are Over Your Ex

During my blog surfing I’m constantly finding content written that our readers could benefit from. Stuff I’d love to grab for this site but since “grabbing” is frowned upon I’ve decided to periodically share what I feel are noteworthy pieces of advice, anecdotes and stories about divorce and relationships. So, here you go, a bit [...]

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 [...]

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