Divorce, Second Marriages & Stepparenting

I have been chosen to be one of those who must try, above all odds, to keep up their faith, their belief, in G-d’s salvation, no matter how long it takes for it to come.

Every decision, no matter how small, took on tremendous weight. Every problem gained enormous proportions. Each day brought a new disaster, a fresh taste of defeat to my mouth, a new problem to deal with. Every day I would wonder when I'd wake up from the nightmare...

Many of us began to wonder, when will Moshe remarry?

She sat back down to finish her homework and was seemingly on the road to recovery. But that is when the real tears began to fall and her body began to heave. I knew why instantly...

My ex-husband has gotten remarried. I feel flat, empty. It’s been five years already – why should I care so much? But I do care. I might pretend that I don’t, but I do.

The day we broke the news to our boys was one of the worst days of my life. Although I had spoken with more than one counselor on how best to approach this daunting task, nothing prepared me for the actual thing...

Maya asked a few questions, peered into cupboards and bedrooms in her best social-worker manner, and then left. I was sure we passed the test . . .

These messages are what your children will depend on when they are feeling frightened, sad or insecure, as you and your children encounter and overcome the challenges of life after divorce...

I am marrying a man who is divorced with a child. I am nervous about my new role of stepparent. What can you advise me?

The deed’s been done; the label can be slapped on. I am officially a “child of divorce.”

I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face. How could it all be over, just like that? The life we had built together with such promise, the love we'd shared…all gone? An era in my life had ended, and I couldn't see any future...

I recall the time that I was between spouses and dating, I questioned how in the world I would find someone to really love my children...

I not only listened to his reality, I heard it. This time I held his hand, and openly cried. And in the hearing, in that recognition, love also grew...

When my son was old enough to ask why I had divorced his dad, I had to be creative. He idolized his mostly absent and sometimes awesome father. I didn’t want to be the one to tell him...

How can you tell your children that you do not have any pictures of their birth, brit milah, first birthday, upsherin, since your former spouse was in them and it would be too "weird" to keep them around in your new home?

Divorce often brings out the worst in two people that at one time may have felt deep feelings of love for one another. It's only human nature to want to find some outlet for those feelings of loss, disappointment, regret, or even failure that generally accompany divorce...

I always tell people, I made two very smart decisions in my life: 1) to get married, and 2) to get divorced . . .

I never thought I'd end up divorced. Of course, most people don't enter marriage thinking they'll end up divorced. Most people would prefer not to even contemplate the possibility, and even if it's happened to you I'm sure you never thought it would...

The end of my marriage was a slow process. Like before, I felt alone. I knew I had to use all the spiritual tools and growth I had already learned through these years in order to survive and ultimately thrive. My Tehillim became a central part of this goal.

There was jealousy. There was anger. There was even resentment and pain. But there was also love and support and encouragement and advice, not from two parents, but from four.

Sitting and bemoaning my loss, after the initial grief period, isn’t going to get me anywhere. It’s time to move on, I know...

When I close my eyes, I imagine that it’s all a game of tug-of-war. I am the rope that each parent is so desperate to gain. They each pull without compromise, determined to win me over.

In my home, my children from my previous marriage live with us full time. I am sure that their father feels his loss quite vividly, especially during holiday times...

“So does your son go the bathroom sitting down?” This question will forever top my list of “Things Not to Ask a Single Mother.”

If souls are united under the Chuppah, can they then split apart? Is divorce ever advisable?