The following is a poem I wrote for kids of divorce. Divorce Poem: Prayer for the Child of a Previous Marriage You are not the child of divorce or my previous marriage. You are the child of my here and now. You are not the child of a previous relationship. You are the child of […]
How To Rebound From Anything
I have taken two long walks in my life and both of them were very short. The first walk was from my front door to my car, which was sitting in the driveway. It was December 1997, and I was returning to work after maternity leave. Juliette was just five weeks old. The second walk […]
Attack of the Crickets
“But the Master of the sea heard my despairing cry, From the waters lifted me, now safe am I…” –From Love Lifted Me and James Rowe, 1912 I thought I would tell you about the crickets. When we bought the house in the mid 1990s, it was with the understanding that the previous owner would […]
In Spite of Everything: Will you stay married or will you divorce?
When did your parents get divorced? This question seems central to the childhood experience of so many Gen Xers. Was it in fact the defining moment for Generation X? Is when our parents divorced the equivalent of the Baby Boomer’s “Where were you when JFK was shot?” Susan Gregory Thomas who often writes about Generation X, presents this […]
10 myths about divorce
A revised version of this blog post about divorce rates in Oklahoma and myths about divorce aired on KOSU Radio January 15, 2013. I have nothing here to sell you, Just some things that I will tell you. Some things I know will chill you to the bone… —From George Jones and The Grand Tour I […]
Happy Birthday, Rob!
Happy Birthday, Robert! You are amazing and you mean so much to all of us! You also look awesome when you dive! We love you! Jenni, Juey, Sully and Bridgy
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks
Happy 8th Anniversary to my husband Robert! Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to […]