Marital Hiss
The opposite of marital bliss.
The category that predates the divorce — essays from inside a marriage that was already broken before anyone admitted it. The emotional desert years, the gaslighting, the moment it became undeniable. Read this one before Divorced Now What if you want the full story in order.-
Impending Doom
I am awaiting the return of my husband, who has spent the last 6 months in Kuwait. I am anxious for his return, but at the same time, I am dreading it. Why?
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It’s Mother’s Day…Happy?!
I should have been elated for my special day. It was not the case. I think I am the only one aware in my household *that and my 5 year old* that this weekend was Mother’s Day. He brought me home a plant that he seeded himself in class and a card cut out to form the word MOM with his photo on the front. This was a work of pure genius. My other son brought me a golden dragon (for the Chinese Year of the Dragon that he and I share) that he crafted with his hands out of clay. It was wondrous and I quickly hid it from…
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Cyber Inoculation
Some people don't know any better and load their computer full of viruses. This is a story of a dumb man and his machine.
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Rush Rush Rush – Case of the Reluctant Hostess
Apparently, I am the enemy because I don't want to clean the entire house for people I didn't ask to come over. Does that make me a bad person?
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RSA (aka Reluctant Step-Parents Anonymous)
I always said I would never date anyone who had been previously married, and although that one was somewhat negotiable, I thought I was totally firm about children from a previous relationship.
