Category: Your Divorce Stories

I was married to a liar for 25 years. At a very personal level, I have first-hand knowledge of the devastation lying creates in people’s lives. I know that liars can be clever, charming, smug, …

Twenty years after my divorce, I can remember — vividly — the books that saved me during those early days of finding my way alone. Each book gave me something- the language, hope, and understanding- …

Have you ever heard of someone who has made the statement like “I wish I could have had this or that but it’s not going to happen for me?” In the early stages of divorce …

Who knew that grand-parenting would be so much fun? Who knew I’d be a solo grandma? It was understood in my marriage that somewhere in the future we would be very proud grandparents together. However, …

This year, 2016, is officially 20 years after my marriage breakup. For those of us who grew up in the 1950s, we thought the future would be much like our parents. We married, had families, …

On Golden Pond clinched it. We watched it, cried through the credits and saw ourselves years in the future. He, the crotchety Henry Fonda, and me, the delightfully aged Katharine Hepburn — opening the cottage …