It’s that question parents universally dread hearing from their child’s mouth, “Mommy, what’s sex?” From the back seat of my car this inquiry sounded loud and clear from my five-year-old son’s mouth. At the time, we were driving toward his school one morning when he decided it was the perfect time to get his question answered.…
“The best survivors of divorce are individuals who can intentionally look for the positive about their new place in life.” ~Anonymous In this series on divorce, we’ve looked at various ways women who have separated from their husbands are affected within their own self-esteem, thoughts, and feelings. In Part Two, we were also reminded of the…
We continue our three-part series on the various transitions and considerations involved for individuals and families when divorce splits through their household. In Part One we looked at some initial repercussions of divorce on the “average” female in her thoughts and feelings following the dissolution of her marriage relationship. Now, we’ll venture into some matters…
Taking care of your marriage is much easier than adjusting to a divorce.” #hindsight Life Status: Divorced Divorce rates as one of life’s most stressful events—just under death of a spouse or child. However, it’s also one of the most familiar life transitions in our culture. Regardless of how commonplace divorce may be, that doesn’t…
There are hundreds of relationship and marriage satisfaction surveys online. Each an opportunity to answer a list of questions that will tell you where you are with the one you love. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of these tools to help us better understand our marriages, but I am a realist who has limited time in the midst of all…