Tag Archive: Holidays

After divorce, holidays are a retreat

This current series is about Lora – she’s been divorced for nine years now. Her two daughters were aged five and nine when Lora and her husband of 18 years divorced. Compared to many ladies I’ve interviewed, Lora’s parenting plan is very open and that includes how the children spend school vacations and the holidays….

Celebrating the holidays after divorce

Yesterday I shared how Sue celebrated her first Christmas after divorce with a surprise trip to Disneyland for her children. Today I’d like to talk a little about parenting time over the holidays. Sue’s parenting agreement calls for the children to be with one parent on Christmas Eve day and evening and then to go…

The First Christmas After Divorce

I interviewed Sue about six months ago and at the time she spoke about her most significant accomplishment as being gaining the confidence to go after her ex for back child-support. During that same interview she told me how she and her daughters celebrated their first Christmas after the divorce. *** When the kids were…