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  • Love is Dead - Casualty of the Divorce
    My So Called Life,  Divorced. Now what?

    Love is Dead – Casualty of the Divorce

    September 6, 2020 /No Comments

    I wanted the opposite of what my mother had. Instead I ended up in somewhat the same place — and I'm not trying again.

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  • Midlife Musings,  Rotting Roots

    I Will Not Dumb Myself Down

    July 22, 2020 /No Comments

    On refusing to let anyone - my mother, the ex, anyone - treat me like I don't know my own mind. A zero-tolerance policy.

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    Life After Divorce, 2555 Days Later

    May 30, 2020 /No Comments

    Seven years divorced, and I haven't dated once — not because I couldn't, but because I chose not to. Here's what life after divorce actually looks like.

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    Picking Up the Pieces of Things Lost in the Divorce: Battlestar Galactica

    April 30, 2020 /No Comments

    He weaponized everything I loved, used it against me. Battlestar Galactica was mine first. It took 7yrs after the divorce before I could watch it again.

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  • Midlife Musings

    Have You Ever Worn the Mask?

    April 2, 2020 /No Comments

    Back in April 2020 I was already wearing a mask to the grocery store while nobody else was. I read between the lines of what the CDC wasn't saying. My trust issues finally paid off.

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