I stood in the dark hallway, Jack at my feet, listening to the whispers from their room. It is bedtime and the last phase before sleep is upon them. The phase where the bedtime books are read, the perfect blanket is found, the right dog is on the right bed and the sisterly whispered secrets [...]
For you, Brandi Glanville, and all other women in our position, trying to figure it out. There is a lot written about relationships in Hollywood. Because people put themselves out there, they are fodder for intense judgement, opinions and hateful comments. I never feel sorry for stars, like, ever. Because it comes with the territory. [...]
“Mommy, Why Don’t We Have a Normal Family?’ Blink. I turned around and looked down into my daughter’s beautiful brown eyes that she got from her father, pushed back her curly dirty blond hair that she got from me and my mind went blank of my usual, witty, question brushing off remark that has always worked for [...]
There is a gash in my soul. A cut so deep within me that it can not be reached, repaired or receive the oxygen it needs to dissipate. It is just there, perpetual and persistent in it’s inability to heal. It was small in childhood, one peppered with memories of love and pain. A dramatic [...]
There was a time when I sat in my room, barely able to get out of bed, worrying incessantly about how I was going to do it. I was ruining my life by wallowing in the depression that comes with a major life change. I wanted the change, badly, but was not prepared for the [...]
They say you can’t go back. That you can not recreate the joys and happiness of your past that you remember so fondly. While I agree to a certain extent, I also think that the benefit of having a past is that you can pick and choose what you want to take into your future. [...]
It is possible that I am typing this post with tears in my eyes. Frustrated, tired, at the end of my rope tears. Not because anything in particular is wrong. Not because I have any real complaints in life. But because I get up everyday thinking I can do it, I can handle it and I [...]
I don’t believe in love. There… I said it. I don’t believe in the fairy tale ‘girl meets boy, they fall in love, boy asked her to marry him, they live happily ever after’ life that has been embedded into girl’s heads for generations. I might have at one time. A long time ago, possibly. [...]
Today marks the one year anniversary of the day I finally got my ex husband to move out, thus setting in motion my journey to single motherhood. It, still to this day, has been the single best decision of my life – other than having my children, of course. […]
Today it is really hitting me that I am in this house that is usually filled with laughter, play and the usual little one fights, alone for another 13 days. Sure, I have things planned for me and I will see my girls tonight and Thursday night for dinner. But this side effect of divorce [...]
Nine months ago I finally got up the backbone to not only ask my ex husband to leave - once again - but the power to actually follow through and make him go. Not an easy feat but it was the best decision I have made since deciding to have children. Since then, life has [...]
No, this blog is not turning into a 'divorce' blog, I promise. But someone asked me the other day how I was ever going to manage my debt that I had left from the divorce and my mortgage, three kids, and everything else I have to pay for. She scared me a little and I [...]
