The Fall Out

Thank you to all who read and commented on my last post.  The whole topic is one that I’ve been quietly  struggling with for months.  I have more to write  but right now there is a press conference set up  outside my office.  VIPs are going to be arriving within the hour and I completely [...]

The Mathematics of Divorce

Divorce is usually thought of as a divider of families; initially that is true but as time passes those families multiply and quite possibly divide again. What used to be a nuclear family becomes a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion.
A few years ago our family divided. My husband continued [...]

The Man Is An Idiot: Father’s Day Edition.

So all of you must be sick and tired of hearing me bitch and moan about my ex husband.  Yeah, well deal with it.
Our divorce agreement states that I have the girls MOST of the time.  By MOST of the time I mean ALL of the time except for the first and third weekends of [...]

Not So Guilty After All

Yesterday, I started writing a post about guilt.  My guilt.   The guilt that I feel the two weekends a month that my daughters go to stay with their father and the excitement that I feel at having two precious and quiet days to myself.  I started writing about how as a Mom it feels wrong [...]

A Thought

Sometimes I think about how much the single Mom gig thing sucks.   Then I remember how much more it sucked being married.
Then I smile!

Alisha Sidie

Living in a small town the idea of “Seven Degrees of Separation” is laughable.  At most, two complete strangers are separated by a slim thread.   When tragedy strikes a small community the effects are felt  like a rippling tsunami.
Over the past week the rural community in which I live was abuzz over the disappearance of [...]

In the Divorce I got Vomit and I Couldn’t Be Happier

The snow storm caused school to be let out early and I left the office early anticipating treacherous driving conditions. The interstate wasn’t SO bad. I’ve driven on much worse. I saw one van rolled over and just as I was coming down the hill to my exit the Blazer behind me [...]

2007: Things I’m Letting Go and Things I’m Carrying Forward

Letting Go

I’m letting go of the feeling that the numbers on the scale somehow define my worth. Healthy is what I again want to strive for. I might not fit into my size 6 pre-baby number 2 jeans but when I was that size 6 I wasn’t happy even if I was wearing [...]

2007: Reviewed

This is the first in a three part series on looking back on the past year and looking forward into the next
What words will define this year for me?
Divorce : 2007 will go down in infamy as the year that my divorce from my high school sweetheart/husband of 10 years was final. [...]

True/False Meme

This week, in honor of Thanksgiving, I’m giving my readers something to be thankful for. I’m taking up the torch of the Meme. Mymy Meme. If these Meme’s are out in the hinterland of interland I haven’t seen them as Meme’s but then I lead a sheltered life [...]