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    Sky-High Adventures in Social Distancing

    September 30, 2020 /No Comments

    Dropping my sons at DFW during COVID. The airport was a ghost town. The ex texted me an hour after the boys already had — clearly expecting to start a fight. Didn't work.

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    Divorce: Can Teenagers Handle the Truth?

    March 1, 2016 /No Comments

    Drawing from my personal experience as a child of divorce, I am helping my children deal with the aftermath of my divorce from their father.

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    To Be or Not to Be: Friends with the Ex

    March 1, 2016 /No Comments

    Can you be friends with the ex who treated you badly? For reasons of self-preservation, I can't.

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    Divorce: When a Marriage Is Over

    July 2, 2015 /No Comments

    The Affleck/Garner divorce reminded me of mr horrible's drunk dial where he said he missed how easy he had it when we were married. No shit, Sherlock. I did everything.

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    How to Cope Through Post-Divorce Interactions With the Ex: When We Pretend That They’re Dead

    October 2, 2014 /No Comments

    mr horrible treats co-parenting like an extension of the marriage. I changed my Facebook status to Widowed because Divorced wasn't final enough. Pretending he's dead is a coping mechanism, not a lie

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