I am going to interrupt our regularly schedule programming as something has been bothering me about these last posts and I think I finally put my finger on it. When I write on this blog, I try to be as truthful to my experience as possible, try to give it the nuance it deserves. MyContinue reading “A Quick Aside to Balance Perspective”
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On the Loss of Old Dreams
On how the hardest part of divorce is letting go of the dream of happily ever after.
A Hellish Year: An Introduction
I have been avoiding this blog for months now. Part of it is self-censorship. How can I possibly start talking about what happened without getting too personal or saying too much and hurting my children? (I can’t. Warning: this is going to get personal). Part of it is that the pain and anger and tidal waveContinue reading “A Hellish Year: An Introduction”
In Praise of My Marriage
It’s funny. I can talk about my children, about puberty, about pin worms and yet I have difficulty talking about my marriage. Why? Because it works. I don’t know how or why, but not only does it work, it gets better with every year. We are at the stage in our lives right now whereContinue reading “In Praise of My Marriage”
Lina Branter 