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An Ex-Wife's Guide To Surviving Divorce

An Ex-Wife's Guide To Surviving Divorce

“Today I decided to forgive you. Not because you apologized or because you acknowledged the pain that you caused me, but because my soul deserves it.” - Najwa Zebian


As little girls we dream of the day that we walk down the aisle towards our Prince Charming. We design our pure white, ball gown dress, and pick the color dresses our bridesmaids will wear as they stand by our side. We even choose the song that will play during the dance we will share with our Father, after he gives us away to the man we will now share the rest of our life with.

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Happiness, Party Of One

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Happiness, Party Of One

“She was fragile, but her spirit was strong. When she decided not to give up on herself, her wings appeared.”

Everyone experiences fear at some point in their lives. It could be something simple or even something catastrophic. What is your deepest, darkest fear? Is it spiders?

Perhaps, it is something much deeper, like death. Maybe it is as simple as the fear of being alone.

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For The Love Of Peace

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For The Love Of Peace

“Remain calm in every situation because peace equals power.” – Joyce Meyer

In divorce, it is often our children struggle the most.  Their lives are disrupted, they go from home to home, and likely have completely different sets of rules and expectations at each house.

Adults that are going through a divorce will also have their own set of trials.  However, unlike children, adults have a better-established set of coping mechanisms that children have not yet developed.

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An Affair To Remember

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An Affair To Remember

We all make mistakes, make bad choices, and miss judgement calls. If we didn’t, how else would we learn and grow? The affair I had with a much older man when I was 21, impacted my life and my perspective on love forever thereafter. It was a judgement call that I am only now speaking about publicly. I aim to be as transparent as possible, and in telling the story of John and I, there is no way around the truth of how we met, fell “in love”, and grew our family. The way in which we began our love story foreshadows the events that followed into our marriage and divorce.

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Happily Ever After...Or So I Thought

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Happily Ever After...Or So I Thought

After eight very long and traumatic years of marriage, and one week after my divorce was final, I thought it only appropriate to get married again.  Don’t judge me just yet, there will be plenty of time for that later.

Yes, I got married one week after my first divorce was final.  In my defense, we had been legally separated for three years.  I cannot recall why it took us that long to get a divorce.  If I am being honest, we may not have even been able to afford the divorce, or we were just stubborn and not willing to give in to the requests of the other party.  I know for certain that it was not because either of us wanted to or thought we would ever get back together.