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Category: divorce

Declaration of Independence

Yesterday I reclaimed my maiden name. I had a lot of well-thought-out reasons for keeping my ex’s last name after my divorce. Most of them were related to authenticity and…

Fallout

The whole 11/11 thing was fun, but I’m glad to see November go. More than any other month, November is packed with marriage-related dates and emotional landmines for me. Compared to how…

One Year

It’s been one year today since my ex-husband left and effectively ended our marriage. Divorce is a horrible, soul-rending experience, and I never would have chosen it. But through it…

Waiting.

Waiting is our destiny. We cannot bring about what we hope for, so we wait, we wait in darkness for a flame we cannot light. We wait in fear for…

Divorce Survival Tips

My divorce was final on September 9. The papers arrived in the mail about a week later… an anxious week of waiting, because I knew it had been around 60…