Two years ago I received my walking papers from my ex. In an effort to boost my spirits and to push me to see the positive things about...

A year ago I was stuck on the side of the road in Nowhere, South Carolina (not a real town). I had struck a deer in my rental car and I...

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, today, I was signing divorce papers. No doubt, this has been a most challenging year for me...

I have about a month and a half left until my last day of work at my current job. When I leave this university, I will get on a plane and...

Life is a collection of experiences. I have become increasingly comfortable with being single, unattached, divorced, and free. I am not...

Wow. I will be turning 42 tomorrow. Last year was the saddest birthday ever. My now ex-husband and I were fighting like cats and dogs. We...

I have been missing him so much. My longing for him came out of nowhere. I thought I had conquered our divorce and yet memories of the...

A dear friend of mine sent a song to me over the web. I don't know if it's because I had posted on Facebook that I visited my mom's grave...

I was seated on a flight, on my way back to Honolulu via Minneapolis via Los Angeles. Next to me was a couple who looked about my age....

Today would have been our thirteenth wedding anniversary. I can't say why he would throw it all away. All I can do is move forward with...

The message said DROWNDEEP HULA. It's amazing what those words evoked. Images from time so long ago. I forgot all about that song. The...

I did a dumb thing this morning. I pulled out my journal from 2002-2003. I cried and cried as I read through the pages. Back in 2003, my...

I am feeling more and more like myself. When I'm with people, I tend to go into auto-pilot mode and my sparkling personality shines...

Rage. Anger. Fear. Love. Sadness. Loneliness. Joy. Happiness. It is on the pages of my journal that I unravel the emotions that would...

Today I am hopeful again. The sun is shining brilliantly outside an d I feel a sense of wonder and peace with how my life is unfolding....

My ex called me today after many, many moons. We have had no reason to talk. We don't have any children together. We've never owned...

What's a broken heart? Really! We can't LOVE with our heart, the organ that beats in our chest. We just can't. Our mind sends a signal to...

You know that first heartbreak! The first one that you've ever had. The one you've never really gotten over. That heartbreak that STOLE...

I've said it before but I really mean it today. Goodbye! I'm for real this time. No games. No questions. It may not be forever. Who knows...