One of the hardest parts about transitioning to a single mom has been learning how to let go. And not just the big heavy emotional things, like the life I had envisioned or the family I pictured in my future. The daily things. I have to balance what gets clean in my house, how long […]
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Quick Recap: I found out I was pregnant hours before my husband told me he made plans to move out. I shelved the pregnancy news while I contacted a lawyer, as Texas has laws that can prohibit divorce for pregnant women. We had started a separation agreement, told the kids, and he moved out. Then […]
Quick Recap: I found out I was pregnant a few hours before my husband said he was moving out. I kept the news quiet for a day until I met with a lawyer, because Texas has strict guidelines for providing divorces and separations while pregnant. I told him the news with inscrutable results, only to […]
Quick Recap: I found out I was pregnant and my husband was moving out on the same day. Due to complications in Texas law, I consulted with a lawyer who said the only way to receive a divorce was with a separation agreement. He advised me to tell my husband that I was expecting. I […]
To recap my last post: I found out I was pregnant just a few hours before my husband told me our marriage was over and he was moving out. Kind of the best and worst day ever. After meeting with my lawyer the first time, we went over a few key provisions I wanted to […]
A few years ago, my husband and I were at a wedding. The wedding photographer came up to us about halfway through the party and said, “if I didn’t know any better, I’d think you two were the newlyweds.” It was such an amazing compliment, and something I relished. There we were, together for a […]
When I was in my first marriage I had a loathe/hate relationship with the TLC show “A Wedding Story.” The voyeur in me wanted to see inside the relationships of other people. To hear about how they met. How he proposed. What her most endearing qualities are. I would start watching. “I call him my […]
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