Good News for Adults with Divorced Parents
Though adults with divorced parents are up to 200% more likely to divorce than their peers from intact families, * two books offer us...
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Why am I Running From My Prayer Closet? – A Sunday Snippet
I try to fit in my daily prayer routine before my crazy days begin. Too often the pressures of my upcoming schedule create a not too...
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Important Help for Divorced Individuals
Starting in September, two important classes will be offered in areas around the US and Canada. DivorceCare and DivorceCare for Kids are...
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The Olympics, ACOD’s, and the Fear of Conflict
Every two years I fantasize about standing on the Olympic podium and collecting my medal. Though I break into a sweat walking to the...
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Getting Along, Is That Too Much to Ask?
It’s not uncommon for a divorced parent to tell me they wish their daughter or son would get over their divorce and move on. The...
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What do ACOD’s Think About Life, Marriage, and God?
Here is a powerful video by researcher and ACOD, Elizabeth Marquardt. She wrote “Between Two Worlds” and whether you are “religious” or...
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The Truth Will Set You Free
We began this series by challenging ourselves to see which adult children of divorce group we belong to (See Four Types of ACD). Then we...
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Happy Father’s Day, God!
Abba Father, Happy Father’s Day. Thank you for making it possible through your Son Jesus Christ to be your sons and daughters. What gift...
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Do You Want to be Healed?
My last blog looked at four types of adult child of divorce. For those in the Deluded, Denied, and Determined camps the next question is:...
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Four Types of Adult Children of Divorce
When people ask me what I do it goes like this: “I help adults with divorced parents overcome some of the lingering issues from the...
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Could Our Parents’ Divorce Be a Good Thing?
A number of recent articles by adult children of divorce say “Yes,” their parents’ split was a good thing. I also received an email...
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Overcoming Regret
My mother would say, “Idle time is the Devil’s workshop.” This basically means bored (and unsupervised) people do bad things. While this...
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Spring Blooms Anxiety for Adult Children of Divorce
May and June can produce anxiety spikes in children of divorce. Adult children of divorce are no different. Two annual rites are a major...
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Easter, Anger, and Adult Children of Divorce
Though the peeps and bunnies are gone, I keep thinking about a movie I saw Easter Sunday. Normally Charlton Heston in the Ten...
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Wishing to Satisfy the Crowd – An Easter Snippet
“So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.” *...
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Closet Prodigals Who Ran Away From Home
For kids, parental divorce often creates a desire to escape from it. Our brains think, As soon as I’m old enough, I’m out of here. Though...
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The ABC’s of Dealing with Our Parents’ Divorce
When I learned my parents’ divorce was still affecting me, it proved enlightening and overwhelming. Fortunately, many tools are now...
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Why Cohabitation Hurts Guys Long-term
From time to time there is a flurry of articles on cohabitation vs. marrying. The latest batch mostly claim there is little or no...
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Would “Bird’s Nest” Parenting Have Helped you Better Cope With Your Parents’ Divorce?
With “Bird’s Nest” * parenting, during visitation, instead of the kids bouncing from one parent’s house to the other, the grownups take...
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Whose Valentine’s Day is it Anyway?
Inadequacy is a major fear among Adult Children of Divorce. And for guys (right or wrong) few things bring out the feeling of inadequacy...
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