UNDER NEW CIRCUMSTANCESI am seventy one and years old and recently divorced.I have been living in hell, with a man that criticized, belittled and emotionally abused me throughout the entirety of our marriage.
Half-Assed Wins the DayI admit it, I do things half-assed. It doesn’t bother me. It bothered my ex-wife though. Half-assed was her pet name…
You Can Stop Trying to Make It EqualMy daughters are pulled in impossible directions to be fair to their loving, divorced parentsFor the past few years, my ex-husband has been inviting me to his extended family’s…
THE RETURN“Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in again! ( Al Pacino, Godfather 2), said, just before he has a stroke.I was sitting, watching TV, and pondering “ Should I train my dog Dixie, to stop licking my pillows? Can I?” After all she’s fourteen, and blind, but it’s…
NightmareShe awakened with a gasp and a sputter. Rivulets of sweat left dark lines running down her t-shirt, and the air making contact with her…
My Not-So-Wicked Stepmother (And What She Taught Me)I really did hate her for a long time. It didn’t start out that way. My parents, with my mother at the…
The Misunderstood Life of a Divorced DadHow being “the bad guy” made me a better person.As the judge looked up from his reading glasses at me with disgust, and then to my ex wife with pity, I knew from that moment forward I was receiving a…