Normal Coparenting...vs Me

Scene: A typical phone call between two peaceful coparents (or at least how I imagine it, as I’ve never actually witnessed one.) Peaceful coparent #1: “Hello PC2! I know you’re driving, Are you OK to talk?” Peaceful coparent #2: “Oh Hi PC1! Yeah, I’m handsfree, I’m OK. But we’re already heading toContinue Reading

I Just Wanted to Leave...

I was sick.  So sick.  I didn’t even want to tell him I was pregnant.  I just wanted to leave.  I’d made so many plans…and now I was stuck.  I couldn’t care for my little boy on my own.  I could barely care for myself.  Even so, I was fiercelyContinue Reading

#NaBloPoMo I'm a Horrible Mother

It’s hard to be a good mother all of the time. But after the divorce, I feel like a horrible mother and like I’m constantly doing it wrong. I feel like a horrible mother today. That’s not true. In my heart of hearts, I know that I was right toContinue Reading