by webdev | Mar 2, 2011 | I heart symbols, My bat-shit crazy divorce, My custodial nightmare
Every other Monday when my kids return from a week with the ex, I follow the same routine as I wait for my children to step off the bus. I pace. I wait. I pace. I wait some more. Then I see them, squeal to myself, “Holy shitballs…here they come!” and sweep them up in...
by webdev | Dec 29, 2010 | Current (crazy) events, I heart symbols, My (forced) reinvention, My bat-shit crazy divorce, My custodial nightmare
You’ve all heard of a “Dear John” letter, right? Well, while doing research for this blog post, I was fascinated alarmed intrigued disgusted to discover that the iconic letter in which a woman unceremoniously dumps a man probably originated in World War II. I can only...
by webdev | Dec 3, 2010 | I heart symbols, My (forced) reinvention, My bat-shit crazy divorce, My custodial nightmare
You know, it occurs to me at this pivotal juncture of my life that the past few years have taught me a valuable lesson: Namely, there is a wrong way — and typically anywhere from one to a shitload of right ways — to approach many of life’s pesky little...
by webdev | Nov 7, 2010 | I heart symbols, My bat-shit crazy divorce
Yip, that’s me on p. 233 of my senior year high school yearbook — a page that has haunted me for nearly 20 years. There I was, sporting a ’do that can best be described as “poofy” and wearing a super giddy, 17-year-old smile because I was actually being ordered to...
by webdev | Nov 1, 2010 | I heart symbols, My (forced) reinvention, My bat-shit crazy divorce
It was a throwaway line, one that he issued in a fit of rage. But it stung nevertheless. “Didn’t you see the signs?” my future ex asked as I confronted him about the other woman, the brick, the connections between him and Marilyn at my children’s...