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3 Tips for Navigating Custody Changes after Divorce
Custody and the Single Parent Custody. It’s one of the biggest battles we face as single parents going through divorce. And even after a custody schedule becomes normal, it can change again. And again….And yes, maybe even AGAIN. Custody is rarely set in stone. That’s been the case for me throughout my divorce. I went from being a stay at home mom and having my kids every minute of the day……to having them less. And now my time is shrinking again, to a lot less …. I am moving to a 50/50 joint physical custody schedule. Not something I ever pictured for myself as a mom. And most definitely not…
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Divorce? The One Workshop You Need to Attend!
There I was, December 2018, one minute thinking about Christmas dinner and wrapping presents. And the next? I was calling a divorce attorney. Okay, first I was sobbing and gasping for breath. next I was in a therapist’s office, then a Second Saturday workshop, and FINALLY- I was calling an attorney. Sigh…..Betrayal is horrible, right? People think divorce is about the law, but it’s really about three things: family, emotion, and money.” – Second Saturday Workshop First off, divorce is confusing and overwhelming. I mean, most of us don’t have amicable divorces, or we wouldn’t be getting divorced, right? So it’s important to learn as much as we can from…
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3 Tips for Surviving the Holidays after Divorce
Whether it’s divorce, death, or any similar trauma….. the holidays can be HARD. (They may have been hard before, but for different reasons- right?) So with Thanksgiving right around the corner & Christmas looming- How do you DEAL with it?? Acknowledge that it will look VERY different this year. Prepare for an emotionally difficult day. Try not to cling to the past! If you only have your kids for 1/2 the day, plan out what it will look like: when you’ll eat or open gifts. Kids leave at 2 pm? Eat your meal at noon. Kids arrive at 5 pm after eating at their dad’s? Serve pie and play board…
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Divorced Families: When Your Kids Vacation Without You
Free time? Yes please, says any parent out there. Free time because your ex is taking the kids on vacation? Cue the tears. Break out the tissue box. Well yes, that does change things up. And not in a good way. It’s not fun to send your kids off on a vacation when you’re divorced. Divorced vacations mean you don’t know what your kids are doing. It means you don’t know the details, you don’t know who they are with. You just pray that they are safe and taken care of, all while verrrrrrry far away from you. It’s not fun. The reality of vacations after divorce I cried the…
