This was the first year I have spent the holidays without my children, but it may have been the most magical.

My first encounter with divorce romanticized the experience a bit. My aunt Juli went through a divorce when I was around 6-years-old. I don’t remember anything nasty about it. All of a sudden she had a seemingly better life. She went on to marry a […]

I’ve been divorced for 2 1/2 years. We don’t talk about divorce often around the house. It’s uncomfortable to conjure up those painful memories and the issues that are still difficult to navigate. After bribing my kids with $10 each (yes, I am that parent) […]

Val Cameron is one of the bravest people I have ever met. She is never afraid to be herself or stand up for herself. On second thought, maybe she is, but she pushes past the fear and does it anyway! At 40, Val has found […]

Divorce can feel very much like diving off a cliff. It’s really scary, part of it is liberating, you lose your footing, you have to navigate new waters, and you always walk away a different person than you were before. This is my divorce story. […]

The toughest aspect of my divorce was not mourning the relationship, it was mourning my family unit. I had come to grips with the fact that my marriage failed. There were a million reasons or excuses why. We married too young. We became different people. […]

The first thing I ever heard about Jen is that she has seizures. Jen was my neighbor over a decade ago and I instantly thought she was the sweetest thing ever. Her seizures were scary though. I watched her have seizures in church a couple […]

No one ever plans to get pregnant as a teenager, but it happened to my cousin Meghann Brimhall. A mom at 17, divorced by 25, with two kids to raise. Meghann finally found true love after finding herself. Meghann says she never expected to have […]

This episode of “Not The Way I Planned,” is a story of finding happiness after infertility and betrayal. Boise mother, Theresa Mills shares her journey of trying to have a baby for 8 years. She opens up about her struggles along the often difficult path […]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin When I had children, I wanted to give them the “perfect” life. Their childhood has turned out to be a far cry from “perfect,” but I think they are the lucky ones. I just got back from visiting extended family […]