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Unpacking Emotional Baggage - A Love Story

Unpacking Emotional Baggage – A Love Story

2018-06-01
By: Live by Surprise
On: June 1, 2018
In: Divorce, Inspiration
With: 1 Comment

I have a girlfriend that I’ve known for over ten years.  We worked together in the same office for a time. It was a difficult office – our boss was a bit of a tyrant, and as a result, a number of us grew quite close and have had friendshipsContinue Reading

Why I Should Have Waited to Marry

Should I Have Waited to Marry?

2017-06-19
By: Live by Surprise
On: June 19, 2017
In: Divorced Moms, Featured Posts
With: 2 Comments

Marriage advice will usually tell you that “marriage is hard work”—and with my first marriage, I certainly found that to be true.  Keeping up with my husband’s demands were exhausting. Trying to be the wife he felt I should be was a lot of work, and I’m sure that heContinue Reading

Celebrations, Anniversaries, and Being Together - Not Alone

Celebrations, Anniversaries, and Being Together – Not Alone

2014-05-20
By: Live by Surprise
On: May 20, 2014
In: Divorce
With: 1 Comment

There came a day about six years into my marriage, just after my ex celebrated his 40th birthday, when I realized his parents would have recently had their 40th wedding anniversary. You might think this an odd thought. Wouldn’t I know? Wouldn’t there have been a celebration of this fateful event? WhyContinue Reading

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