Love More, Judge Less
I’m really sad lately. I went through a break up just before Thanksgiving. It was my first serious relationship after my divorce and I really thought he was my proverbial “second chance.” As weeks and then months passed, I realized that he was not the right fit. Even though I know it was the right
I get a weird pit in my stomach when certain songs pop up on Pandora, or when I watch an episode of an anime series that really resonates with me. And while I do happen to have some sort of stomach bug at the moment, I don’t think that’s what it is. I am going
Oh THIS YEAR. This year has been a doozy. It was January when my ex and I decided to start the divorce process. I’ve learned a lot over the past 10 months and wanted to share because I know so many of my fellow mamas have been through this too. If you’re going through a divorce
My wife and I share “that look” across the kitchen. You know the one, the one that says “I’m sorry, were you talking? I’m not sure, I can’t hear you over… EVERYTHING!” That look. Do we resign ourselves to yet another unfinished conversation, or insist, again, on some respect for the fact that every now and again
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix During the past few weeks, through a series of unfortunate events, my wife and I have actually spent thirty minutes alone on a Saturday morning. Okay, so we aren’t exactly alone, but we have alone
Easter did not go as planned. We went for a really nice family run in the morning, but short fuses got lit and my husband and I visited our respective families — solo. It wasn’t a really big deal, as neither of our small families had anything big planned. He and my daughter went to
Editor’s Note: While CT Working Moms is mainly a place for moms, every now and then we’ll be sharing posts from dads too. Let me get something off my chest…I am not a babysitter. It drives me nuts when people, even family members, refer to me staying at home with my daughters alone as babysitting.
So, I asked my 11 year old son what he thought about Valentine’s Day. “I don’t have a girlfriend or anything like that, so I don’t really think about it,” he replied, completely uninterested in the conversation. Aaaand of course, I pressed the issue. “Well, what if you did have a girlfriend? What would you
Being in a relationship is hard. Making a long term relationship work throughout the ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys, is really hard. And as many of us know, throwing one or two (or even more) little people into that mix is sometimes ridiculously hard. My wife and I have been together for over 13
Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. -Erich Fromm There has never been a day in my life that I have doubted my mom’s love for me or felt that I had to earn it. It was handed to me freely without any stipulation. She has always been there
