Charting a Path Toward Happiness

“You’ve changed,” he said. Yes, we’re supposed to. I did not expect to find myself single at 52. But here I am, living in a city apartment, going to graduate school, finding new love. The best chapter of my life is yet to come. Let’s explore the path together!

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Go Fish

Last spring, a month or two after asking my husband for a divorce, I decided to dip my toe into the waters of online dating. I’d been out of the dating scene for over 20...

Reclaiming my Name

I’m changing my name. Or rather, I’m reclaiming my former name. When I got married, I changed my last name to my husband’s surname. It seemed fitting, I was entering into...

I vowed to never feel like a helpless woman.

I just changed my own oil for the first time. I am ELATED. Euphoric, even. Maybe this doesn’t sound like a big deal to you, but for the last 20 years I have done nothing...

I laughed, I cried, I put one foot in front of the other until I had walked all the way into a new life.

I’m in love. It’s a fragile love, new and tender. My heart feels exposed. It feels different than in my 20s, when finding love was all about marriage and cohabitation and...

My 20-year marriage crumbled in the span of just four months.

Now, a year later, I’m still struggling to understand how that happened, and why. It’s human nature to forget suffering, like trying to remember what labor pains feel...