This blog is for anyone who is divorced, who is contemplating divorce or separation, or who was screwed up by their own parents’ divorce—or lack of one.
I am divorced. Seven years now. No, wait… I separated from my husband in early 2003, right after I turned 40. Then we got divorced a few years later. So let’s see…
Crap. When hitting one’s 40s, one also loses up to 40% of one’s brain cells. Obviously the year of my divorce was not stored in the other 60% of my brain.
No big deal, as you get the general idea: my divorce was a fine one. Not that there weren’t difficulties and tears—there were, many. But overall it was a success that has amazed a large number within my circle of friends. I have been asked so many times for advice on my experience that last fall I decided to write a memoir about it—which I am struggling to finish in between running my design business, keeping up with my kids’ lives, and nourishing my present relationship.
So why add a blog to my already crazy-full life? First, I figure it’s the perfect complement to my “upcoming” memoir (I have put “upcoming” in quotes because I have no publisher and therefore no deadline.) Second, it will push me to write.
But the main reason for this blog is that maybe something here will help one of you out there to make a decision that’s right for you, for your children and for your partner.
Now go and treat yourself to something nice. A glass of Chardonnay sounds very fine to me.
-The Fine Divorcée
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