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A divorce doesn’t come with a standard reply. It is varied because there are those who simply don’t know what to say. There are others who fear it could happen to them. There are the inspiring individuals who recognize the strength it takes to alter life in this manner. There are the nurturers who are…

There are overtly difficult relationships and there are benignly difficult relationships. The overtly difficult relationships are extremely uncomfortable. The benignly difficult relationships, sadly, can become far more comfortable than they should. Why? Because rather than be overtly abusive they are benignly abusive. It’s easy to stay in a relationship of benign neglect. After all, the…

I am in my marriage counselors office. “How do you think you have changed?” he asks. “I no longer trust people,” I say. “It’s beyond the immediate relationship with my husband and more about how so many relationships are altered in divorce.” “You should write about that,” he says. “You should write about how much…

In my last column, I included a simple sentence that brought forth a critical turning point in my healing and emotional advancement. It was something my marriage counselor said to me early on. “Colleen, your husband is who he is, only you are the one who made the choices to stay and accept certain things.”…

I am texting a friend. “Now that I have my happy back,” I say. Wow! Not that long ago, I couldn’t imagine that this day would come. I think the overall moral of my story to getting my happy back is to recognize that two wrongs do not make a right. Sure, I wasn’t the…

I remember the first time in elementary school that the nuns gave me a rosary. To this six year old little girl, it felt like being handed a piece of jewelry. It had clear, iridescent beads that sparkled like bling. I have always loved the rosary. In the past twelve or more years, I have…

There is an need to elevate awareness to what the true danger of divorce really is. It is not the divorce itself, but the outrageously bad behavior of either one or both parents whose sole responsibility should be to protect their children. However, sadly, divorce is a pathetic excuse for some adults to convince themselves…

A recent Washington Post article explores Pope Francis and his modern views on divorcing Catholics and Communion. The Pope has ignited a conversation which has Catholics, clergy and experts pondering their interpretation of his words and what it means to contemporary Catholicism. The aforementioned article, which by the way is worth the read, cites the…

I was thinking of surprising my nephew by stopping by his game on his Birthday. Well, okay, not completely a surprise because I did tell him I might try and come. Not a big deal really. It just got me thinking… ‘I am so glad I grew up in a family like I did.’ The…

One day, 3 men died and went to heaven. “Religion?” God’s secretary asked the first man. “Jewish,” the man replied. “Okay, go to room 23, but be very quiet when you go past room 8,” the secretary said. “Religion?” he asked the second man. “Muslim.” “Go to room 10, but be very quiet when you…
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