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Show & Tell: "What I Did for My Summer Vacation"

I'm giving this summer the finger. Well, actually, I mean, well, the wave of us Mothers From Hell & Friends is the slightly raised third finger. And that's me above driving The Divorce Mobile in two-thousand-and-…
The Lowdown, Vol. 3

Since the boys are gone this week for Spring Break (visiting their dad in L.A.) and I am feeling the usual disjointedness with them away, I figured it was time for another edition of Personal Posts. Because I’m su…
The Fathers Who Stay In The Picture

I live in a small community in Southern, CA. Be it small, there are a lot of families here who are dealing with autism; too many in my opinion. You encounter them everywhere, as well as charities for the disabled that…
‘You never really realize what you’re missing, until you’re missing it.’

‘You never really realize what you’re missing, until you’re missing it.’ I split time with my daughters’ father. And it is one of the hardest things for me to do. It has been this way for t…
The Language of Divorce... and stuff

Umm, I never know how to talk about divorce, marriage and motherhood in the context of having done it once before and on the precipice of doing it again (minus the new baby part). Finally, in about my seventh year po…
A Lawyer Speaks about Special Needs and Divorce

Being a divorce/custody lawyer certainly opens one’s eyes to the possibilities and depths of despair in the world of relationships. Once people commit to each other, they form a whole lot of ties that whi…
Positivity

People often say to me “You’re so positive! I don’t know how you do it!”. And it’s true. I’m a glass half full person. Always have been, more or less. Well, since I’ve bee…
Remember that Joy

Being a parent is a troubling experience. There are no lessons you can take, no exams you need to pass. The only thing you can do is your best, and hope that your child or children survive childhood relatively unscat…
Autism and Vulnerability during the Holidays

May I offer you these thoughts, on the anniversary of my divorce, with the holidays coming. And before you begin, this is not a tale of my wife and I, so please do not make that particular interpretation . . . Take i…
Parents of Grown-up children with Autism more likely to divorce

The parents of grown children with autism are more likely to divorce than couples with typically developing children, according to new data from a large longitudinal study of families of adolescents and adults with au…