Road Trip!

If you’re newly separated, now might be the perfect time to take a ROAD TRIP with the best girlfriends.  An old fashioned, stop at the side of the road for ice cream kind of trip might just be the tonic for your achy heart.  Hey, if you want to do it Thelma and Louise style that’s your call! Read more →

The Wine Diaries

Welcome to the wine diaries, a more personal blog that you will find randomly intermixed with my regular blog topics.  Each diary entry will be paired with appropriate wines.  For the second in this ongoing series, I ruminate on the bonds of our childhood friends.  How do we maintain and/or rekindle them?  How does divorce change our outlook on our past?

 

LOST AND FOUND FRIENDS

Shortly after my separation from my husband I was holidaying with my children as I did every year at our family’s summer cabin close to my hometown.  Upon the visit of a close friend of mine, some bad news was received.  The kind of news that changes the way you see yourself and your place in the world. Read more →

Quick Budgeting Steps & Tips

The overwhelming issues surrounding your divorce include financial worries and a decrease in disposable income.  Suddenly one, or the same income is supporting two households.  Perhaps your support is inconsistent and often late.  The goal here is to get your budget closer to a ‘balance’.  You don’t have to be a financial wizard to take control.
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Women With Balls

In honor of International Women’s Day I wanted to mention women in history and today with Balls.  The ones that inspire, teach and dazzle us.   To me what makes a woman courageous is her ability to go against the mainstream.  Read more →