The Holiday Season has officially started.
I realize that along with all that talk of peace and goodwill, this time of year can bring tremendous sadness. Many of us are remembering loved ones we’ve lost… perhaps finances are tight and the stockings won’t be stuffed so full this year… those recently separated are struggling to work around obsolete traditions…
Continue readingAt some point during the final destruction of my marriage, I discovered an old Eagles cassette (I still love cassette tapes. They’re so durable!) and for as long as I still had a tape player in my car, I listened to this song on my way to work. My favorite line is “so often times it happens that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key…”
Continue readingI think I’m done venting for the time being. Thank you for bearing with me through my momentary madness.
Today I encountered the following poem and have decided to share it in an effort to turn this literary mood to a more peaceful state. If I’d remembered this gem a few days ago, I could’ve saved myself a bunch of angry outbursts…
Continue readingI should go ahead an apologize to the moms right now: I’m sorry this week’s posts are so anti-female. I do realize the Bad Guy can be of either gender.
That being said, the next inflammatory remark I’d like to comment on is this one:
“[Mom] was willing to let [Dad] have [child] every other weekend, but that wasn’t good enough for him. [Dad] is making it an ugly divorce because he won’t agree and now they’ll probably end up in court.”
Continue readingOn the heels of my previous rant… This comment is another which angered me:
“The parent with a greater percentage of custody should be the one to make all decisions regarding the kids.”
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