I wore sunglasses fished from a public toilet. In fact, I fished them out myself, with my bare hands, dried them on the hem of my shirt and stuck them back on my head. You might be thinking $1200 Gucci shades, but you’d be wrong. Like almost all of my accessories, these were from Target, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘life after divorce’
Playing it Cool
When my marriage was in its final throes, my then-husband accused me of having a “thing” for divorce. “You think those divorced ladies are pretty cool, don’t you?” he sneered.
I couldn’t figure out what he was talking about. I’d just barely begun to peek at divorce through my fingers, like a horror movie or a [...]
A Grateful Heart
My ex-husband came with a number of serious flaws and some truly fabulous old ladies. Most notably, a great aunt we’ll call Josephine, who epitomized the gracious Southern Dame.
Well into her seventies, Josie was beautiful in a way that had nothing to do with preserving the trappings of youth. It was all about elegant carriage, [...]
Make Some Noise
If you’re like me, you’re reading a stranger’s divorce blog because that’s a whole lot easier than talking about the subject with your friends. But I hope you’re not like me, because if there’s one piece of advice I’d like to foist on the unhappily coupled (or uncoupled) of the world, it’s quit brooding [...]
