The Year That Changed Us: Grief in the Time of Lockdown This was a truly horrible year (2020). I’ve lost acquaintances, friends, and close family but the most painful, unexpected loss has been my children. Not in the physical sense, but emotionally.The connection, the closeness, the ease of our bond it’s all changed. Our family,Continue reading “22. The Year That Changed Us: Grief in the Time of Lockdown.”
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18. Oh Well: Standing in the Ashes of Two Roads.
I’m pissed off.Tired of talking the talk. I had my way, one that wasn’t yours. You didn’t agree with it. You thought your way was better. So, I did what many of us do: I adapted.I bent to fit a situation that was unfamiliar, uncomfortable, foreign. Now here I am.Your way didn’t work.But too muchContinue reading “18. Oh Well: Standing in the Ashes of Two Roads.”
17. Lone Parent: Alone by Choice or Circumstance?
What is a lone parent? Some would say it’s a person raising children on their own. Others might say it’s someone raising children all alone. But what’s the difference? So, whose life is harder?The parent who is alone by choice, or the parent who is left alone by everyone else? That’s the real question.
11. The Hypocrite in the Room: Don’t Be the Problem You Complain About
You know what really annoys me? My constant consideration for you—how I hold back what I want to do, how I adjust, accommodate, bend myself—yet that same consideration is never returned. And it gets worse when it involves the kids. You’re the fun one—the easy parent. The one they gravitate towards when they want aContinue reading “11. The Hypocrite in the Room: Don’t Be the Problem You Complain About”
Real Talk: Diary of a Seriously Fcked Off Parent 