The kids have been adjusting. They’re settling into their new life with mostly Mommy, they’re both doing well in school. They seem pretty happy most of the time. I haven’t heard “I wish you and Daddy were still married” for at least a month or two. They’re starting to get used to holidays being a [ Read More ]
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And easier. With September comes many changes. The nights are crisper, more of a stark difference between day and night. The days turn cooler. The leaves begin to change. School begins anew. A new year. A new grade. September still feels like much more of a new beginning than January ever did, or does. Photo [ Read More ]
Categories: divorce, Home - Slideshow, motherhood, resingled, unsingled
I wrote back in July about our impending talk to the kids about daddy leaving. This is part of our continuing story. How to you make a talk about Daddy leaving not sound as if Daddy’s leaving? How do you tell your kids you’re moving six hours away from them? This talk was different from [ Read More ]
Categories: divorce, Home - Slideshow, resingled
There’s lots of stuff going on again. As there will be in this journey to becoming resingled… This one is about this kids again. I wrote about how telling our kids about the divorce was looming. I wrote about telling the kids about our separation and how that went down. And now, there’s more. And [ Read More ]
Categories: divorce, Home - Slideshow, motherhood, resingled
I’m strong. Until I’m not. I’m ok. Until I’m not. I’m dealing well with everything. Until I’m not. I think I’m alright. Until I’m not. I’ve been doing ok with all this. This process of emerging from numb. Experiencing colour again. Telling the kids their world is changing. Being strong for them. Dealing with unexpected [ Read More ]
Categories: comfort zone be damned, divorce, Home - Slideshow, resingled
I don’t know why I’ve been sitting on this post. It’s not going to be earth-shattering. I don’t intend to pour my heart out. Maybe I don’t want it to be boring. This post is more about how I intend to tie my related posts together. I’m on a journey. I guess we’re all on [ Read More ]
Categories: divorce, Home - Slideshow, resingled
This is going to be another one of those stream of consciousness posts (which most of mine are) where I have a basic idea what I’d like to say, but no idea where it will take me, how much I will expose, or where it will end. Deep breath and here I go. When something [ Read More ]
Categories: comfort zone be damned, divorce, Home - Slideshow, resingled, Uncategorized
We did it. We told the kids. It wasn’t easy. On any of us. But it’s done. The kids know that Mommy and Daddy aren’t going to be married anymore. Our kids are 4 and 7, so we spoke in pretty basic terms. We started out by telling them again how much Mommy loves them. [ Read More ]
Categories: comfort zone be damned, divorce, Home - Slideshow, resingled
