It's a Journey
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The Rules We Make up and then live by
The Rules We Make Up and Then Live By I think about a certain kind of conversation I've had more than once over the years, always some version of the same shape. Someone in the middle of a hard...
Rules for Email
Rules for Email When my ex and I first separated, I spent a long time carefully crafting every email to him, trying to make sure there was nothing in it that could be read as offensive. I didn't...
What an attack email does
What an Attack Email Does My ex sent me a doozy of an attack email the other day. He sent it on Monday, and it's now Wednesday. It was a good reminder of everything I've learned this past year, and...
Getting through the Acute Stage of Divorce
Getting Through the Acute Stage of Divorce Divorce is horrible. That's an understatement. I had no real idea how horrible until I went through it myself. Okay, maybe not for everyone. Some couples...
Advocate, Mom, Writer
My days these days are mostly advocacy, with my kids always first, and hiking, biking, and cold plunging worked in whenever I can. Winter cold plunges aren’t for everyone, but there’s a strange kind of beauty and calm in it that I’ve come to need.
Separation was a journey. It took time, and it taught me most of what I know now.