Tag Archives: divorce
Hurting People Hurt…
If “hurting people hurt people,” and the people they hurt react in ways that cause further injury in return, is that some kind of karmic cycle of deserved pain? Is it possible for one person to disappoint and wound another … Continue reading
Love, Power, and Justice for Children
My junior year of college I took the most collegiate class ever, at my Christian university, from Dr. Leffel. It combined principles of Nazarene (Wesleyan) theology and psychology, and included challenging deep texts and high-level conversation. I loved it. But … Continue reading
Know better, do better, help children thrive post-divorce.
Last night as I was pretending to sleep during a bout of insomnia, some of my worst memories resurfaced. My early adulthood was traumatic. I was married at 20 and had my first child at 21. We scraped by on … Continue reading
Anatomy of an Apology, and Living Atonement
So, how does one apologize? If things have become so broken and toxic between two people that the parties no longer speak, and either via spoken or unspoken agreement there is no contact, how does one extend a for-real, heartfelt, … Continue reading
