Jonathan Rabinovitz’s personal essay in this past Sunday’s New York Times truly deserved a better title. But bad title or not, this meditation of one man’s experience with divorce and the aftermath is a good read.

There are many surprises that we encounter when life throws the divorce curveball at us.  Since my separation and divorce several years ago, I have had many.  Enough, in fact, that it is difficult for me to choose a favorite!  Was it the cousin that, upon seeing me and my …

Inspired by the example of the women who founded Bonus Families, here’s an interview I conducted with Sherry, the brand-spanking-new fiancée of Mike, my ex-husband and the co-founder of this site. We hope this glimpse into our lives will encourage others in similar situations. ~Deesha

Before you met …

Inspired by the good women at BonusFamilies, I will be interviewing the lovely woman who–it’s official, as of this weekend–will become my children’s stepmother.  Stay tuned to this space!

Also, some of you told me privately that you want to share your stories as adult children of divorce.  If …

“A married couple who decided to go their separate ways agreed to divide their home and its contents literally - by sawing the house in half.

One day the house was standing on stilts in a Cambodian village. The next, only half was there.

The wife will keep the half that is …

I consider the column I wrote for four years at LiteraryMama my “official” entry into the world of freelance writing.  Though I no longer write for the site, I still consider myself a LiteraryMama, and I keep up with the mama-writing the site features.  LM has debuted a new monthly …

Thus begins Alec Baldwin’s new book, “A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce”, a book that details his nasty divorce and custody battle with fellow actor Kim Basinger. Baldwin goes wide however, taking a macro look at the family law system, calling it a “disgraceful mess”, …

I found some most excellent co-parenting resources today, all under the umbrella of an organization called Bonus Families:
Bonus Families®, as an organization was founded in 1999, but the ground work was laid years before. The founders, Jann Blackstone-Ford, PsyD., a divorce and stepfamily mediator, and Sharyl Jupe, had weathered …

Recently, a friend complimented me on my commitment to my daughters’ relationship with their father. I responded by telling her that I consider the relationship a sacred one. I believe this mindset is the beginning of successful co-parenting. The relationship between a child and both parents remains …

I recently found a co-parenting article by Michael Scott (a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a child custody mediator) over at Mediate.com. It is probably the most comprehensive and well-written piece that I’ve read on the subject to date. It’s a long, but worthwhile read, and I …