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a dozen years of marriage.
I keep trying to think up some neat and tidy list to sum up the 12 most important events of the last 12 years. The problem is I’m having a hard time putting words to them. Last night as we pulled up to...
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cody powered.
“But weren’t you just in LA?” “Wait, now you’re in Texas?” “Hey, didn’t you just get back from a cruise?” “You were in Florida again?” “Didn’t you go to New York last month?” “Are you ever home?” Yes....
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when I left.
I left Cody. I left because marriage is a lot harder than it should be and I have spent the last several months mentally checking out from our partnership so as to avoid getting any more hurt by his...
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about last night.
I didn’t see that response coming. The confessions, the ‘me too’ and the solidarity. It was humbling, thank you — not only selfishly, but to all of you who left comments of support that other people in...
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hurting and healing.
One of the things that has been hardest for me over the past several months is feeling as though I am broken because while I am fiercely loyal to my girls and have an intense unconditional love for...
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defying the impulse to jump ship.
I wish I could say that after two weeks of feelings and emotions my marriage is suddenly A-OK and that everyone can just move right along because there’s nothing to see here! Just a little blip on the...
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stuff we’re not totally screwing up at the moment.
It kind of changes things when you tell someone you’re close with that you’re leaving your husband. Maybe it doesn’t change things, but it certainly shows you how invested and in what ways a person is...
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he never gave up on me.
For the first time in our almost 14 years of marriage I have finally allowed myself to be completely and hopelessly in love with Cody. I’m so in love with him I struggle to find words adequate enough...
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On Why We Don’t Always Wear Our Wedding Rings
Cody once worked with a guy that removed his wedding ring depending on the type of customer he was serving. Cody and I both thought it was pretty smarmy and gross (and we still do) but we didn’t know...
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State of the Human Address.
It’s a pretty solid sign of the times when your once thriving little corner of the Internet displays ‘ACCOUNT SUSPENDED’ because you have successfully (albeit accidentally) avoided adding auto-pay to...
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