Divorce

Christmas Lessons For The Newly Divorced Dad

Holidays

My 1st Christmas as a newly divorced dad. Very awkward. I woke up on Christmas day by myself. Not what I had imagined for myself at this stage in my life, but that was the reality. And now that I know that nothing trumps reality, I also know that I have to be 100% prepared [...]

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Building A Father’s Christmas Tradition

Children

This is my first true Christmas as a single dad. Last year, I was a mess. I had only been out of the house a couple of months. My ex-wife (and I) decided that I would spend the night on Christmas Eve and we would do Christmas in a somewhat familiar fashion for the kids. [...]

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Be Thankful, Reminding Myself

Facebook can be dreadful for a divorced dad… my “friends” constant updates and complaints about having to deal with multiple families and travel for Thanksgiving…what to do? I know that this “complaining” is really a form of being thankful. The activity, having something to do, is welcomed. Everything is relative, which can deceive us into [...]

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