It came to my attention that I find it particularly difficult to forgive someone who I don’t personally know. This sounds a little odd, but if you think about it, this happens pretty frequently in life; someone you don’t know doing something to hurt you. When I took the time to try and forgive my…
During my divorce, my finances became very scary, which I’m sure no one is exempt from. As a way of both padding my income and using up my weekends without kids (to keep the sad loneliness to a minimum) I got a few part-time jobs. One was delivering groceries with Shipt (I figured I’m a…
Recovery is a weird word. It can mean so many things in so many directions. I am thinking about recovery from “The D word” or divorce, which is a mixed bag. You are recovering from things you did to yourself and things someone did to you. You are recovering from a death (of the marriage…
Writing about this topic was challenging. It took me a long while to feel like I could even write these things in ways that made sense or was helpful to others. I also did not want to publicly “air my dirty laundry” i.e. give out personal details that would be embarrassing to me and my…