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Divorce: How a Girl Gets Through the Holidays
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
Divorce! Everyone has an opinion, a judgment or advice on how to navigate it. Well, at least those who haven’t experienced it. Those of us who have survived the rigors of matrimonial extrication offer more empathy than advice. Think of it this way. A child is frightened to get an immunization. You assure them it…
Divorcing Friendships: The Loss Acceptance Phase
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I hear from a lot of people in the throws of divorce angst. Undoubtedly one of the hardest things seems to be the overall sense of loss. The holidays just intensify the lack of true belonging many divorcing people feel. The good news? They will one day feel it again but that is of little comfort…
The One Place Women Don’t Want to Meet
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I sink comfortably into the couch and toss the blanket over me. I grab the clicker and flip through the channels and land on a program about first-time mothers. A few tears take residence in my eyes. I remember being a first-time mom. I remember the playgroup girls I started out with that gave me…
Are You Kind?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
We sit huddled together. The laughter spills from the table onto the patrons nearby. I am in the moment. I am not swept up by the commotion, but rather the joy in a group of women sharing life. I have never been a big observer of actions in those that I love. Instead, I am…
Are You Strong or Weak?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
There have been so very many times since I began this divorce process that I have felt weak. So weak, that I have wondered what I am made of. Do I have what it takes to be a single parent? Do I have what it takes to support all of us? Do I have what…
I Fell Down Farther Than Most to Help Others Get Up
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I love writing this column because not only is it cathartic for me, but because I can attempt to help some of the people in pain reaching out to me. I can tell them that I understand their heartache. It is true that marriage problems come in all different shapes and sizes. However, there is…
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