Sex & the Single Woman: Shoulda Coulda Woulda

Confession: Much as I love the fellas, I really don’t mind being single. Obviously.
But when my grandmother died a week ago today, I reflected that I really wish I had gotten married and had kids before she passed. Not because she disapproved of me doing my own thing, but because she loved weddings and baby [...]

Duchess Digest / The Ex Files, Part 1

To date or not to date your ex? That is the question.
Okay, it’s not what Shakespeare originally intended, but isn’t it the dilemma we’ve all come face-to-face with at some point in our lives?
I have been very much thrown back into the mix with my ex. Make that ex-husband – not just simple an “ex” [...]

Single Minded Moms: Changes…a Single Dad’s Perspective

Changes…the past few months have been rife with them. And the pace of those changes has been incredible. Fewer than six months ago I stepped into my brand new role as a single dad as I brought home a baby who was seven weeks premature and weighed just under four pounds. Madeline couldn’t do much [...]

Healthy Grief: When Death Steals Your Love

When I was a freshman in college, I took a course on family stress and coping. In it, we had to determine how stressed we were based on Holmes and Rahe’s Life Events Scale, which ranks life events from most stressful to least.
 
At the top of the list? Death of a partner.
 
I was an undergrad, [...]

A Death in the Family: Dealing with Trauma

recently returned from my ninth week-long trip to Aruba with my fiancé.  We spent our time relaxing under a tree and swimming at the beach during the day and then sharing exquisite dinners and romantic walks in the evenings.  We had a lot of fun but didn’t take any photos because since we had [...]