Handling the Holidays

  The holidays can be tough. Period.  But nothing is harder than going through the holiday when you are in the middle of a divorce or separation.  It may be the first time you have to be away from your kids.  You might be in a different…

  For many people, the holiday season is a time to relax, spend time with friends and family, and engage in various religious or secular traditions. If you are a mother that shares custody of her children with their father, however, it…

My daughter was 7 years old when she spent her first Christmas with my Ex after the divorce. Having spent the 3 prior Christmas’ with just the two of us, the thought of not having her with me filled me with mixed emotion. To add to…

  It’s Christmas and you’re busy. You’ve got gifts to buy, parties to attend, meals to plan, and family coming in from out of town. Single moms are busy too. They are busy working low-paying jobs, making sure her children have a hot…

As Halloween passes and you finally finish packing away the costumes and the candy, turning the calendar to November can seem as painful as wearing a beaded thong to the gym. The holiday season becomes a catch-22 for most people who…

  In case the word didn’t get out, Thanksgiving means it’s time to sit and reflect on what we’re truly thankful for. The health and happiness of our loved ones always seem to be a popular one if you’re into that kind of thing. I kid, I…

Adult Children Of Divorce & Thanksgiving: You Have To Do a Lot Of Tap-Dancing…

  My divorce became final the end of October. After nearly ten months of divorce negotiations, my children and I were about to spend our first holiday season without their father. He had made the choice to move across the country to…

  Why not replace some of those old, pre-divorce Thanksgiving traditions with new Thanksgiving traditions? It only makes sense, especially if thoughts of the traditions you had as an intact family bring up negative emotions. One of the…

  I’ve always thought of Thanksgiving as the start of the holiday season. First, there is Thanksgiving, then there is Black Friday (hey, that’s a celebration, too!), then Christmas, then New Year’s Eve, and finally, New Year’s Day. But,…