About two to three years into the marriage, I gained about 20 pounds. It was a result of drinking high-sugar alcoholic beverages, probably around the time I started writing my… Read more Living Together While Separated →
Living under the same roof while maritally separated sucks. To add insult to injury, we broke up right before the holidays. It’s painful to be stuck in a situation when… Read more Holiday Breakup →
I had been a completely independent woman prior to meeting Bear, and now I somewhat depended on a man for the first time in my life – and it sucked.… Read more Separation →
Moving back to Florida meant starting over with employment for both Bear and I. Of course, the seemingly biggest issue crept up again – money – which can bring out… Read more Crossing Boundaries & Betrayal →
Shortly after I’d written this post in 2012: Moving to Hawaii – a Dream Come True, Bear and I had to decide to either move back to Florida or be… Read more Ending in Hawaii →
This past few weeks of writing has rendered me emotionally exhausted. Writing forces me look closely at situations, relationships, etc., which helps to clarify things. But it also brings up… Read more No Good Memories is Emotionally Exhausting →
As I stated in yesterday’s post, the events I’ve been discussing happened over an 8-year period. I don’t want to make it seem like Bear was a bad guy, because… Read more Falling Out of Love →
Some of the things I’ve been writing happened throughout my marriage over an 8-year span. While I was going through some old paperwork, I found a letter I’d written to Bear two years into our marriage. Everything I said in the letter were exactly the same problems we had over and over that ultimately ended it five years later. Even during counseling, the real issues never completely came out, and since we were only allowed so many sessions, it became useless. We’d gone to counseling twice as a family, and… Read more Married to an Alcoholic →
