The Sleeper Effect- The Price Children Pay For Divorce

The Divorce Resource Center Has Some GREAT ARTICLES which gave me a lot of insight as to how we got to where we are about 'family values' in today's society.The Sleeper Effect - The Price Children Pay for DivorceNewsweek 10/2/00 By John Leo The sleeper effect: A new book ups the price that children pay for divorce A startling thought is occurring to the folks who study the impact of divorce on

A Quiet Reflection On "Family Values"

I have a friend who lives in Egypt who is a muslim. He was in love with a Christian girl,I' and though his family nearly disowned him for it, he abandoned his belief system to be with this girl, and even lived with her outside of marriage. He says he gave her everything and did everything for her and still she left him. We had a deep conversation about how to cope with this kind of 'grief' and

I am not alone in my fight

I found this today, and it brought tears to my eyes. As a child of divorce, and a mom who has been left by my kids dad, I have seen and felt what this article describes.http://www.divorceresourcecenter.com/childrens-side.htmThe Children's Side Of Divorce: Some Surprising Conclusions By MARY JO KOCHAKIAN The Hartford Courant - September 04, 2000 People think there are two sides to a divorce -

Who Is More Afraid Of A Thief Than A Thief?

I almost don't even want to tell the story. Beyond the anger, is an inherent sadness that has left me feeling depleted. If you've followed this blog, and know my story, you know that my kids' 'sperm seller' was the love of my life. When I first met him, his mother adored me, but when I ran out of money, things changed. She now supported his decision to abandon our family. She knew that my son

She can't see the forest because there are too many trees in the way

In a previous post, I talked about the woman I took in who wound up causing me 10 days of grief and other issues I am still dealing with today. I took her in because she was the 'friend' of the roommate I already had, who was a major cause of the problems with the new one. You see, for over a year, roommate #1, lived with me and refused to work. We would get writing jobs online, and getting

The smell of the scheme is getting stronger

Well, here it is, folks. The "Deadbeat Dad" in question, now is offering $150.00 a week in child support, plus, he conveniently has $2,498.00 just 'lying around' to pay for our sons dental care. Now, I have medical coverage that will cover the baby's dental work, but he doesn't want our son to have a 'welfare' doctor, and of course, it's going to cut into the child support he's agreed to give

An Evening With The Deadbeats Mother

So a few weeks ago, as you may recall, I spoke with my kid's paternal grandmother. I told her that the boys needed medical coverage and that I would like to know what their father planned to do about it. She replied he wanted to contact me through my email and discuss a few things with me. I was very hesitant and made my feelings on the matter known to her. After all, the last time a member

Is Your Break Up Making Your Kids Fat?

We all know that break ups can be devastating to us in many ways. It's no secret that for us women, weight can is a major break up pitfall. But something occured to me today about the financial devastation of a break up or divorce possibly being the cause of overweight kids. I'm not even talking about the 'emotional overeating that an adult woman engages in after a split,' I'm talking about

And so...

Strange things are afoot. The boys fathers mother has kept his word to pay child support and now says he is going to pay me $150.00 a week and give the kids medical coverage. This is wonderful for me, if I knew what he was up to. Let's face it, we're talking about a family where the brother ripped me off for over $3,000, he left me homeless while carrying our second and caring for our first,