I told my kids last night that my husband and I were getting a divorce. At first of course they were very shocked and upset as was everyone else. We never fought or talked badly about each other in front of them or anyone else. After many tears, and allowing them time to ask questions and answering as honestly as I could, I started talking to them about my plan going forward. I told them we would be moving to the town that I work in. Right now I live 30 minutes from work, and I explained that I… Continue

After almost 7 years of marriage mine is over. We talked last night and agreed that there is no hope for reconciliation. He is not able to accept the person I have become, and I am not willing to be someone that I am not any longer. It is very sad to me that two intellegent grown ups cannot figure out how to live with one another. I feel a loss of innocence, and that part of me has died. I think my idea of having an open marriage was just a way for us to be somewhat free of each other but still… Continue

I have been searching for myself my entire life. I think that as a teenager I realized that who I was did not fit with what society said I should be. Because of this I retreated into myself and became very depressed, wishing I had never been born. At some point I must have subconciously decided to just play along and try to be what everyone wanted me to be. And so I lived, for many years, being what others wanted me to be and doing what others wanted me to do. I played the game of life, and… Continue

This morning it hit me that we have nowhere left to go. Throughout history when people could not get along with each other, they would find another place to live. A new place to live brought with it hope for tomorrow and a better community. A new place was where you could start over and have another chance to "get it right". But now we are faced with the reality that our weapons are too advanced and our spaceships are not advanced enough for us to just run away. We have got to learn to get… Continue