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The Gifts Divorced Families Give
We can view divorced families like we do people with disabilities —
as people, but like, with superpowers.
When I first began accepting and going “with” what was happening and seeing the upsides of life apart from my former spouse, I felt like Oprah with my friends: And “you get a divorce! And you! And you!”
Driving around with my four year old and he says, “Mom, I wish the coronavirus and divorce didn’t exist anymore.” Of course he doesn’t understand, but if it’s one thing parenting has taught me it’s that messaging matters. It’s my job as a Mom to listen to his and his sister’s laments and teach them wisdom to navigate these storms.
What I want to tell those sweet little ones in the backseat is the truth I have affirmed since the day their dad and I sold them on the idea of living in two houses, and promised:
We’re still a family, but now we’re a divorced family.
But I want to say more:
