One of my favorite bloggers at More Than Cheese and Beer has several regular features. Every Friday, I read her Friday Feats and Fails and say darn it, this Friday, yet again, I didn’t join in the fun. At More than Cheese and Beer, the fails always come first. TheContinue Reading
I’ve been feeling very frustrated and “stuck” for the last couple of months. I think it’s the Christmas kerfuffle that did it to me. I feel like I’m constantly fighting. Let’s be clear—my ex is a bully. Plain and simple. He’s very insecure and tries to assert himself in the only way he knows how—byContinue Reading
My parents divorced when I was fourteen. I was completely surprised – even though I lived in the house at the time. My younger sister had a little more awareness. I suspect it has something to do with entering the teenage years and the world revolving around me… We didn’tContinue Reading
You’ll recall my post about my favorite Divorce Resources a few months back included one of my favorites – Since My Divorce with Divorce Coach Mandy Walker. She’s a pretty amazing woman who has developed the online coaching program “My Divorce Pal” as a result of her own experiencesContinue Reading
When my ex and I first divorced, I knew the big holidays were going to be a problem. Easter. Christmas. Thanksgiving. All of them. So, in an attempt to avoid those issues, we came up with a specific agreement that should have answered all of our problems. Turns out, not so much.Continue Reading
Poor Flower has had a light cough for the past month or so. No other symptoms. No fever. No headaches. No runny nose. Nothing in her chest. Just a light cough. Sounds like it’s right at the back of her throat. Two weeks ago, one of the younger, newer girlsContinue Reading
OK…so my title is a bit of a misnomer. I have three beautiful children. I deal with headaches from the father of two of them regularly. But I would NEVER, EVER wish them away because I don’t want to deal with them. All three of them are a spectacular gift.Continue Reading
One year, just before Christmas, I entered a raffle at work – and I won an X-Box, complete with a couple of games. It was great – I was surprised – but we really didn’t need an X-Box. We had a PlayStation at home and neither the ex nor IContinue Reading
Last week, I found out that Puck had misplaced his glasses. They’d been missing for about two weeks. I like to think that a normal co-parenting relationship where both parents have a interest in the kids would have gone like this: Child loses his glasses. Child comes home andContinue Reading
Your custody schedule probably contemplated all of the big holidays – but what about the small ones? Today I’m over at DivorcedMoms talking about my issues with scheduling Hallowe’en with the Goblin King! Image Credit: (Edited) “Halloween In Blue” by Idea go / freedigitalphotos.net Follow Live by Surprise on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Pinterest and Bloglovin LiveContinue Reading
