My Independence Day: July 1st.

One year ago today, July 1st, 2014, my former husband walked out of the family vacation and out of our marriage for good.  It was the fourth time he had walked out & the first time that I did not take him back.  Once I got over the shock of him abandoning his...

Define Yourself on Your Own Terms

Learning how to define ourselves not in reference to others is, I believe, a fundamental life skill. Doing things because they are right for you and not because you feel you ought to because your parents, partner, sibling told you to or did it themselves. It’s too...

From There to Here: My Birthday Review

Friday I turned 39. My life has changed dramatically in the last year. A year ago, I was living in a very unhappy marriage, trying to keep it all together for my children’s sake, but increasingly realizing that I was not happy, deep within myself. Now I’m...

No Expectations

I went to see the Rolling Stones on Saturday night.  I have loved the Rolling Stones since my dad first played the Let it Bleed LP when I was an elementary student.  Much of my teen years were characterized by the double CD that lived in my CD player – Rolling...