remarry
A young widow leaves the porch light on for her dead husband, even after finding love a second time.
They say nights are the hardest to get through, so instead of sleeping in the bed we had shared, I decided to sleep on the couch. With fresh sheets in hand, I flipped over the end cushion and heard the crinkle of a candy bar wrapper. If he had been in the living room with me, I would have reprimanded him (as I had so many times!) and led him into the kitchen to show him where the garbage can was.
Now, as I picked up the wrapper, the last thing I wanted to do was throw it away. I held … Read More
We've heard of amicable break-ups but this is just ridiculous.
A newlywed couple from Omaha, Nebraska have just moved in with the bride's ex-husband. Yes. Take a moment out to wrap your heads around that one. You get married, divorced, married again and what do you do? Move in with your ex!
It takes all types in this world.
When Nicole Thompson-Arce married husband No. 2, Mathew Arce (her former mother-in-law was in the wedding, by the way) last July, he lost his job. She had just quit hers, and while he's gainfully employed now, the couple didn't have the funds to provide for her two children from … Read More
The authors of Ex-Etiquette explain how to make it work with your ex and your kids.
After Sharyl Jupe divorced her husband Larry, he married Jann Blackstone-Ford. Larry and Sharyl agreed on joint custody of their children, and as a result had to interact with one another almost every day. But in the aftermath of their divorce, that meant that Lary and Sheryl were often fighting. In Sharyl and Jann's book Ex-Etiquette, Jann explains, "Although the adults thought they were keeping their animosity toward each other away from the children, Sharyl and Larry's daughter developed chronic stomach aches and my daughter began to have nightmares. That's when we realized we had to come to … Read More
How to say "I do," take two.
When I proposed to Nicole last October, it was the first time I'd ever gone through the craziness of purchasing a ring, but it wasn't the first time she'd gotten one. This would be her second marriage, making our wedding—like about a third of the weddings in America these days—an "encore wedding." Rules, Schmules So what exactly are the rules of an encore wedding? According to Rev. John Graf, Jr., the nondenominational minister who performed our ceremony, "There is no right and wrong." As with a first wedding, the unique desires of the couple are what matters most. … Read More
