Christian Divorce

"We’ve been so busy being the good wife… the good mother… the good daughter, the outstanding employee, the successful entrepreneur, and everyone else’s idea of what 'perfect' is supposed to be that we’ve lost touch with who we really are.” Elaine St. James, author of Living the Simple Life

 Who Am I? “’I’m lonely

"To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another." ~ Katherine Paterson, author The Unknowns What's in the dark places of your life right now? Who's scaring you? What are you afraid of? In the midnight of a midlife divorce, there are thousands of perils that

“Many of us go through life with only a fuzzy sense of where we are going.” ~ Jeffrey Young, PhD and Janet Klosko, PhD, Reinventing your Life: How to Break Free from Negative Life Patterns When The Unexpected Strikes Where are you going? What’s your plan moving forward? Many of us don’t think much about

"I was really upset. I was staying up all night drinking white wine, crying, and watching those stupid infomercials on TV. Then I got an idea to start ordering whatever I saw on TV and sending it to Gary. I sent him all kinds of commemorative Elvis plates, weird kitchen gadgets, ugly knickknacks, and

“If you look to someone else to establish your identity for you, losing that person can really make you feel destroyed.” ~ Newman & Berkowitz’s, How to Be Your Own Best Friend.  Being The Mrs. For 33 years, my identity was wrapped up in being Mrs. TGS. That’s who I was; his wife. That’s how I

"As with language, so with life: less is often more. The quality of life is marked by what you can do without and still do well. The best things in life aren't things. Simplify. Thoreau subscribed to this line of thinking. So did Buddha, Lao-tzu, and Jesus." ~Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to

“Wishes never filled the bag.” ~ Greek Proverb Wishing For Change If you are going through a divorce, you have probably been doing your share of wishing lately. Wishing things had turned out differently. Wishing you were still married. Wishing you didn’t have to suffer like this. Wishing you had more money. Wishing your children

"Money can be a huge insulating cushion that can obscure your view of adventure. Money can seduce you into thoughts of scarcity and fear of loss." ~ SARK, author, artist, child abuse survivor Financial Uncertainty We have to have money to live ... to pay the bills ... to eat ... to take care of those

"Work should be more fun than fun." ~ Noel Coward Loving Work I have to admit, I love what I do. I don't even consider it work. I've been blessed that every single job I've had has been something I have truly enjoyed doing. Don't get me wrong... there have been crazy and frustrating and disappointing days

"To become self-reliant, you must trust your own inner nature and love yourself. Then, if the Wizard tells you to bring back the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West, you will pay absolutely no attention to that man behind the curtain." ~ Joey Green, The Zen of Oz When We Don't Love Ourselves Most