rebuilding after divorce

  • Early December I work at an outpatient mental health facility. A nurse pulls me aside and says,” Someone told me that you are a writer! And that you’ve published books.” Very few know this about me. Stunned, I smile, and explain, “Yes, I am a writer. I do have two books on bookshelves across America

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  • Let me detail my faults before I showcase my better parts. I am not a patient person. This is unfortunate. I am actively trying to identify deep zen moments when I  become particularly impetuous about my being in the world. I cannot say that I always have a great deal of success, but I am

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  • All who leave long-term relationships must rebuild, but so few retract and rescript from a global existence. Originally posted late July on another blog – It is almost the end of July. The year is 2012.  It is also Ramadan, the Muslim Holy Month of Fasting. By the Islamic calendar, it is year 1433.Of course, I…

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  • I take comfort in the fact that I know many newly single people feel the same way. We face that first post-divorce birthday in retrospection. Where do I go from here? Will I be alone next year, as well? What if my life, at this moment, is the best that it will ever be?

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