Making marriage work… or possibly, making divorce work.
Does Your Marital Status Define You?
The cultural hierarchy of marital status. Judging accordingly. We all do it.
When Beliefs Are Broken
When belief systems are broken, then what?
Will Marital Meltdowns Shorten Lifespan?
I wish I’d seen this report last week, when I was writing about heartbreak. There’s not a great deal of scientific data mentioned, but it does offer some indications that marital demise may shorten your lifespan. Specifically, this article positions divorce as being as likely to kill you as smoking. And the reasons cited – […]
How Many Ways Can You Break a Heart?
The broken heart… and its impact on health.
Would You Pick Your Child’s Mate?
Choose your child’s mate? Could you? Would you?
Midlife Mother Musings
In the new year, we allow ourselves greater latitude in contemplation, in resetting direction, in capitalizing on the sense of a clean slate to start fresh. This is a time for finding the courage to look at ourselves and our families with a clear eye. I am pondering what it means to be an older […]
Letting Go
Reinvention through dreams of life before and after divorce, processing the post-marital landscape.
Divorce Over An Affair From 6 Decades Ago?
Seriously? I just came across this news brief from The Telegraph: A 99-year old Italian man is divorcing his 96-year old wife of nearly eight decades. Marriage is no bed of roses, but what could possibly prompt this sort of action? You got it. An affair. An affair which he uncovered a few days before […]
The Indefinite Engagement
“What do you think?” She holds her hand out to me, each of her long fingers extended, and the fourth lifted upward, slightly. She is in her late twenties, possibly thirty. Her gray eyes sparkle and she possesses a quality that is refreshing and understated in comparison to her co-workers. She is certainly a pleasant […]