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Are You Divorcing a Strong or Weak Parent?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
There is an need to elevate awareness to what the true danger of divorce really is. It is not the divorce itself, but the outrageously bad behavior of either one or both parents whose sole responsibility should be to protect their children. However, sadly, divorce is a pathetic excuse for some adults to convince themselves…
Do You Love Abundantly?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I was thinking of surprising my nephew by stopping by his game on his Birthday. Well, okay, not completely a surprise because I did tell him I might try and come. Not a big deal really. It just got me thinking… ‘I am so glad I grew up in a family like I did.’ The…
What I Hope My Kids Say About Me One Day
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I remember the day my friend turned to me and said, “Colleen, no one person tried any harder than you to save your marriage. You can find peace that you left no stone unturned.” No one wants their children to experience divorce. It is ugly, it is disillusioning and it is life changing. I hope…
The Anchors in Our Lives
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
I am out to lunch with my friends Anne and Jan. Jan has recently lost two people in her life. “I’ve lost my anchors,” she says. I feel her words deeply. There have been so many times these past several years that I have wished for my mom or my uncle who was like my…
The Words My Son Spoke That Made Me Proud
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I am sitting with my son while he shares some good news with me. “I am so proud of you,” I say “Thanks, but all I really care about is being a good person,” he says He stops me in my tracks. I mean this is all you hope for as a parent. That you…
A Six Year Old’s Shocking Video to Her Divorced Parents
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I feel compelled to share this unbelievable video. It is prompted by the innocence and purity of love of a six year little old girl. I am so taken by the insight and words of this young child that I have actually highlighted below some of her most powerful quotes. Below that you will find…
What Leaving for College Feels Like to a Mom
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
A few weeks ago, I began to get melancholy because it’s that time of summer again. The time that reminds me my ‘little’ kids are now ‘big’ kids. The kinda big that means I only get to borrow them for the summer and Christmas and a few other stolen times in between. When they are…
6 Reasons to Believe All Things Are Possible
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
On my last Birthday, my son Billy instagramed a pic of me and him with the caption, “Happy Birthday to a woman who for some reason believes all things are possible.” It gave me pause. You never really know how you are seen through the lens of another. It also made me happy. I have…
A Father’s Day Thought
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I am sitting catching up on a stack of magazines that I have tucked next to me in my chair. They are chock full of Father’s Day stories and of course, the usual celebrity ones. Most of the stories are nice and tell of lessons learned or such things, yet one jumps out at me.…
How Divorce Affects Children
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I sit to write this morning with a lump in my throat. I will honestly say that had I known what would be unleashed when I started this process a year and a half ago, I am not certain that I would have done it. My children did not deserve any of this. They deserved…
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