I started this series about author Candace Walsh (@Candacewalsh) with a post about having the courage to confront your marriage. She got to the point where her marriage "was sucking the light out of any possible thing that could happen" and at that point ending it became a possibility. With her own divorce behind her, she went on to edit an anthology about other women's … [Read more...]
The Catalyst For Divorce Can Be A Spilled Secret
Going through counseling is pretty routine for couples these days - sometimes it helps to save the marriage, sometimes it helps the couple decide they want to end the marriage, and sometimes things just carry on the way they are for the time being. For Candace and her husband, therapy lead to finding they had both been thinking to themselves it would be easier to be a widow … [Read more...]
Easier To Be Widowed Or Divorced?
Like most couples who have the courage to confront their marital woes, Candace and her husband went to counseling. During those sessions, Candace admitted that at times, like other people I've talked to, she had wished her husband would die and he admitted that he had had similar thoughts about her. Becoming a widow seemed easier than working through a divorce. Here's … [Read more...]
The Courage To Confront Your Marriage
I'm starting a new series today with Candace Walsh (@candacewalsh). If you're thinking that's a familiar name, it might be because she's editor of Ask Me About My Divorce, (Seal Press) a collection of 29 stories about divorce which I reviewed several months ago. The Ask Me About My Divorce collection includes Candace's own story of leaving her straight marriage and following … [Read more...]
Getting Divorced Without Your Parents’ Support
My current series is about Kristi from Divorce to Happiness. Kristi (@Divorcetohappy) has been divorced now for about 18 months, separated for three and a half years - long enough to gain some valuable perspective on her 18-year marriage. She says she spent many years ignoring her inner voice which was telling her the marriage wasn't working. That isn't uncommon and there are … [Read more...]