ACOD Times To Remember

Adult Children of Divorce can't decide if they like calendars or not! You flip the page on your calendar and see May 9th and the ache deepens once again. That was the day you got the call that your mother was leaving your father for another man. This is a date you don't want to think about. You see pumpkins , smell leaves burning, and feel a cool autumn breeze . Later as you turn the calendar from September to October you no longer have warm, nostalgic feelings the way you normally do. Instead, you feel a lump in your throat. Last Fall you attended your parents divorce , and nothing has ever been the same again. Plans for Easter are made, but the whole time you feel unsettled and can't quite figure out why. Then you remember that was the time you usually celebrated mom's birthday and now you hardly keep in contact with her. This is a time you don't like to remember anymore. Remembering negative times and bad memories is common. Our ...