One morning earlier this summer, my (Deesha’s) husband “JB” pulled a t-shirt out of his drawer, looked at it for a minute, then said to me, “This isn’t mine.” It sure looked like his–very large, in one of those “guy” colors (grey-ish). At first, I thought he was kidding. Then I realized he wasn’t. I took the shirt from him and took a closer look. It wasn’t his shirt. It was Mike’s, my ex-husband’s. And it wasn’t something he’d left behind when we first separated. In fact, he hadn’t left it behind at all. Let me explain…
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Sep
03
Friday
Divorce Ends Marriages…But Families Endure.
After our marriage ended, we became the poster-children for divorce amongst our circle of friends and colleagues. We wished we could have been the poster children for successful marriage, but it didn’t work out that way…
Quotes:
- I can’t stand people using children as a weapon.–Friend of CoParenting101, our tweep @NFLion If you’re using your child as a weapon–or contemplating it–because the separation, divorce, or co-parenting isn’t going your way… If you don’t ________…I’ll never let you see her again. I told the children the truth about you, and now they hate [...]
- “Hearing one parent bad-mouth the other parent is terribly upsetting to a child, whether the statement is true or not, and it makes the child wonder if they can trust the parent who’s saying the bad things.”–Marlene Clay, founder of DivorcedHappilyEverAfter.com
- Children are resilient, but as parents we shouldn’t test their resilience by being negligent, emotionally or materially.–Deesha Philyaw, co-founder, CoParenting101.org ~ I hope you’ll indulge me this self-quote. Inspired by recent conversations with moms and dads attempting to co-parent with former partners who, for all sorts of reasons, continue to drop the ball where their [...]




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