In Her Words

Coping with Your Label

I'm a divorcee and still can't believe it

- Shawn, Divine Caroline

I'm a divorcee.

Sometimes I still can't believe it. Growing up, one of my dreams was to fall in love, get married, raise a family, and live happily ever after. Yet here I am in my late thirties, divorced, childless, and living with roommates in a rental property in the second most expensive city in the country.

Don't get me wrong, I love my life. With the exception of a few details, I wouldn't change a thing. Every once in a while though, it becomes physically impossible to block David Byrne's voice out of my head: "How did I get here? My God! What have I done? Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down...."

I'm thankful I'm not living in Victorian times when divorce wasn't even a real option. Or in the 1950s when divorce must have seemed like a personal affront to June Cleaver. Thank goodness times have changed. Or have they? read more...