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Divorcing a narcissist is divorcing an intimidating bully. Just as the child is fearful of ratting out the bully to the teacher so fears the spouse of a narcissist. That is until they are unable to protect their children any longer. Or unable to pay their rent or food or continue to keep their children out of…

A few year’s ago my son lost his friend and he said to me, “Mom, what is Great Falls going to do without Brendan Kelly?”  Tonight, I felt anxious after being away for a week and already a bit off schedule in my writing. In fact, this was the first time so much time elapsed…

I have always been proud to be raised in a family of cops, firemen, and a priest. I remember one day my friend “Lucy” saying to me, “Colleen, most people help their family and friends, you help the world.” And why wouldn’t I? It was the example I saw growing up. I witnessed my uncle…

Women like their wine, divorcing women LOVE their wine. Or what I jokingly refer to as the Wescape. A pretty little place you get to run away to for a few hours to forget your worries. One day in the beginning of my divorce I found myself in the wine aisle of the grocery store.…

The agony of an affair can haunt the spouse of a cheater. It’s tremendously difficult to quell the suffering of this type of broken heart. In divorce, it’s strictly the pain of seeing a past love, with an affair it’s also the person who stole them away. The affair touch points are fairly universal for…

There’s an expression in the Alzheimer’s community, “You lose the person you love twice: Once while they are still living and again when they pass on.” I remember watching my mother suffer throughout this ugly disease. To the world, it appeared I still had my mother but I had grieved her long before she passed…

I climb into bed and my head finds the pillow. This evening ritual means nothing to this divorce induced insomniac. My chocolate lab Hazel circles next to me and finally flops down. She rests so peacefully I can hear her snuggled snores. I can’t get a song out of my head. It is an old song…

I am driving down the road and realize something feels off today. At first, I can’t put the proverbial finger on it. Then I realize… Wow, I actually slept through the entire night. No divorcemares. No tossing and turning. No up in the middle of the night. I not only have my hair done I…

We try and live our lives with a system of checks and balances. We have physicals, dentist appointments, and meetings for our finances. We have assessments at the gym, work reviews at the office, teacher meetings, and oil changes. We seem to make plans for everything which is important in our lives. Well, almost everything.…

Are you up for 28 Days of Love? Love is an extraordinary investment.  And those we love are an unparalleled commodity. Some say love shouldn’t be work and you shouldn’t have to do too much to show another you love them. Work is the wrong word. Love should be nurtured. Not continually and not every…
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