Holly Williams - Here With Me
I’m a big fan of NPR especially on the weekend when I can enjoy their programming over a more leisurely breakfast. This Sunday I caught host Liane Hansen interviewing singer Holly Williams, grandaughter of the legendary Hank Williams. During the interview, Holly says a song she wrote about her mother, “Mama” lead to her record deal. The background to the song is the positive influence Holly’s mother always been even when she was going through divorce. Holly says she never heard her mother speak negatively about her father, even though he was away doing concert tours 300 nights a year and she never heard her mother moan about how he was away doing his thing while she was stuck at home raising the kids.
I’m sure every therapist will give this advice to divorcing parents but in the heat of trying to resolve a parenting agreement and a financial agreement, it’s really hard advice to follow. It can be even harder during the co-parenting years that follow. Holly’s interview, Music in Her Blood, and her Mama song are worth listening to if you ever need a reminder of how you can help minimize the impact of divorce on your children. She talks more about her new album, Here With Me at her website. I’ve heard enough to make me want to hear more. Great voice.
In the next few weeks I’ll be featuring some stories from women who regard their positive co-parenting arrangement as among their most significant achievements since getting divorced. If you have a success story to share then feel free to leave comment or hop over to my Blogfrog forum and join the discussion there.
I completely support the idea, but , as you say, it’s sometimes hard to carry out when financial issues are at stake.
Sometimes children stuck in the middle of divorce. sometimes they blame themselves, whether they have been told or if it has just been insinuated to them, Some children feel that this is the end of their world when their Mommy and Daddy getting divorce. For these children, and the ones who think that they are alone in this situation, support group can be a good place to bak on the right track and get help that they need and deserve.