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If you’ve been in a troubled marriage, there is a little voice in your head telling you that there are serious problems in your marriage. If one person is not willing to work on themselves and make the changes necessary to make the relationship work, then the marriage probably won’t work. People refuse counseling for many reasons; denial that there is a problem in the relationship, an inability to accept responsibilities for their own actions, hiding substance abuse or mental illness, OR maybe they don’t really want to save the marriage. If you are ready to proceed with a divorce, make sure you check out this post on what I wish I’d known before I started my divorce.

Co-parenting can be difficult at the best of times, add in the stress of the holidays and co-parenting at Christmas can make even the best moms lose it. I polled the women on the Round and Round Rosie Facebook page asking single moms to share their best advice and here’s some of the real-world tips they shared on making a shared holiday work. I’ve been the child torn between parents, I’ve been the bonus mom and now going through it as a spouse. Christmas is stressful as a single parent, but try these simple tips for co-parenting at Christmas so that your kids are able to enjoy the holiday with both you and your former spouse.

I made friends through my divorce blog, bonding over coffee with other bloggers and shared horror stories of divorce attorneys. Thank you, thank you, silence I’ve learned during my divorce, that you can only see the lesson if you are brave enough to look through the sorrow and the sadness. Maybe this week especially, I hope that you can find reasons to be thankful for the pain of divorce and the lessons that pain and adversity can teach you. If you enjoy my blog and my posts about divorce, check out my Pinterest board on Divorce where I’ve stashed a treasure trove of quotes inspiring reminders and articles about that topic.

So glad I stumbled across this line of festive, fun Halloween inspired shirts from The Quacker Factory. Perfect when you’re trick or treating with the kids, or appropriate enough for school events (room mom duty perhaps? ) or a Halloween potluck at work. Simple and slimming with mid-length sleeves, in case you want to hide your upper arms, monochromatic crystal goblins and ghosts march across the front. Quacker Factory also has Thanksgiving and Christmas/Holiday themed cardigans, tunics, vests and tunics that look fun and comfortable.