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Episode 2: Life unscripted 8/28/21

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 My life runs unscripted.  Just as soon as I think I know what will happen, or in the moment I think I have a handle on it all, a supporting character will throw in a whammy and I will go right back to improv-ing my way through the scene. Shortly after I started this blog, which I had all mapped out in my mind how I would walk my reader through divorce, the bitterness, the hate, and the healing my family and I went through to get to the point of coparenting and working together for the good of our family, somebody threw a surprise twist into our lives and I realized I know nothing about how to proceed through divorce.  It has been 17 months since the whammy, and this is what I know of divorce: 13 years into it, and it can still bring me to my knees.   13 years into it, and my ex-husband still has the power to break my heart. 13 years into it, and I am still shocked by the pain it inflicts. 13 years into it, and I still cannot protect my children from its wrath. Did I mention that divor
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Episode 1: All the things you don't want to do, but should

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                           I was married for ten years and had three children with my ex-husband.  We have now been divorced for twelve years and married to other people for roughly ten.  We have worked, sometimes well and sometimes not-so-well, to raise our children together.  Two of our children are grown and we have two years with the last one until we no longer share custody or finances.  We are not always perfect and we still disagree, so I am not saying anything here because I am an expert.  I am just a survivor who has found a way to make the best of a challenging situation in order to make my children's lives better.  And, none of this could be done without their father and our respective spouses who work hard to support and love our children. In the meantime, I have had many friends and family members ask me what to do when divorce looms in their lives.  I know that it is really hard to listen to anyone when your world is crashing down around you, but there are some facts
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