Tagged with divorce
Several years ago, at the height of my nasty divorce, my in-laws called to say they were bringing me something. Naturally, I was a little nervous. They’re nice people, but my mother-in-law had once remarked to me about my husband, “He’s your problem now.” Since they weren’t exactly thrilled that I was retracting that responsibility, [...]
You know the old saying about even a blind dog sometimes being able to find a bone? The meaning, of course, is that every once in a while life throws a little good our way, so chin up. Be happy. See the glass as half full. At my house, we’ve changed the saying, though. It goes [...]
My granddad, Horace Adams, turns 89 today. I called this morning to wish him a Happy Birthday, and when he answered, he told me he was reading. That he was reading was good news. Last summer, he had cataract surgery on his good eye. A scratched cornea during his recovery caused concern that he wouldn’t [...]
So I got my day in court. And what a day it was. If I were famous, I would have been wondering when Ashton Kutcher was going to finally jump out from behind the judge’s big piece of furniture to inform me that I’d been Punk’d. The courtroom scene was, to put it bluntly, bizarre. [...]
Two years ago, a friend of mine checked herself into rehab following an ultimatum from her husband. She emerged happy and healthy and powerful, but, amazingly, her husband wasn’t too thrilled with her transformation. As it turns out, he didn’t believe she could or would sober up, and he’d intended to use her drinking against [...]
I certainly can’t speak for everyone, but here’s something I would file under the category of Things You Don’t Want to Hear From Your Attorney: “You’re not really divorced.” The concept of marriage reminds me of this poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: There was a little girl/who had a little curl/right in the middle of [...]
I’m bananas about teenage boys. Wait. That didn’t come out right. Let me put it this way: last week, I transacted some monkey business with teenage boys. Okay, that’s even worse. In fact, it’s bordering on perverted. One more try: I had to ask some teenage boys for help with my monkey. Oh, boy. Maybe [...]
Al and Tipper Gore told the world yesterday that they’re divorcing, and the world immediately asked, “Who’s cheating?” That thought never crossed my mind. I’m kind of worldly wise on the topic of cheating, and neither of them strikes me as the cheatin’ kind. Tipper seems like a good girl who just wouldn’t screw things [...]
I can now officially be called the crazy dog lady. I have a new one, a three-legged Australian Shepherd named Pancho who is the reason I cry when I see those Pedigree commercials about rescue dogs. But Pancho isn’t a rescue dog. Not really. About this time last year, my son began begging for an Australian [...]
According to the blog trolls, I shouldn’t write about my divorce, my faults,addiction, my taste for beer, or Tiger Woods. Or sex. Especially not sex.
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