Links for Tuesday, January 29
Jan 29th, 2008 by Jill
- Contemplative Chaplain: And There Is Still Just One - “When you are an only child of parents who have divorced, even when the divorce was a good divorce, a healthy divorce, even when the divorce presented new life possibilities which allowed wonderful step-parents into your life who nurtured you far more than you ever could have hoped, there is still a strange anniversary which you seem to mourn alone.” (more)
- Simplicity in the Suburbs: How We Do Birthdays - “Even though we all get along and talk about everything now, we all still have different ideas and expectations. And too many spoons in the pot leads to trouble. Misunderstandings, miscommunications, icky feelings. We all help each other and attend the parties, but there is one main contact and party planner, versus four. This just works for us.” (more)
- Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, Parents’ Place: Daddy time - “Whether or not that’s the case statistically in terms of single-parent homes nationwide, it always frustrates me that single dads are assumed to have lesser custody status and little time for the kids.” (more)
