Divorce Family

Nikki Bridges has it good. An enviable home in an upscale neighborhood, a heavenly-scented hobby making personal-blend perfumes, a cherished daughter, and comfortable rituals with a husband she loves. How was she to know it would all blow up with her husband’s affair, a blindsiding divorce, and an identity crisis she never saw coming? With little money, less work experience, and a modest apartment, Nikki is tentatively moving on. Along the way: a waitressing job, a bond with an empathetic group of friends, and reentering the dating game at fortysomething.

By the end of World War I, the skyrocketing divorce rate in the United States had generated a deep-seated anxiety about marriage. This fear drove middle-class couples to seek advice, both professional and popular, in order to strengthen their relationships. In Making Marriage Work, historian Kristin Celello offers an insightful and wide-ranging account of marriage and divorce in America in the 20th century, focusing on the development of the idea of marriage as "work."

There is a lot of information available to help children and teens work through their parents’ divorce. Unfortunately, that is not the same with adults who suddenly find themselves thrust into a situation of their parents divorcing. People often believe that the emotions surrounding such a pivotal event will not impact older individuals as harshly as a child or teens due to our being grown already. While our emotional intelligence is further developed, a divorce even for an adult child is traumatic, a large change, and often difficult to navigate positively.

Noche tras noche, día tras día, te enfrentas a la peor pesadilla de cada padre. No lo haces porque eres excepcional o fuerte o inteligente. Lo haces porque estás obligado a hacerlo. Lo haces porque recuperar a tu hijo es tu primer pensamiento en la mañana, el último pensamiento en la noche y en cada momento intermedio.

A year has passed since the injustice of the court's decision. The suffering continues as a child desperately pleads to return home. Instead, she is held hostage by a narcissistic mother whose only thought is herself. Her father sacrifices a career to always be there for his daughter. The journey is arduous as he ventures north and south of the country - covering an extraordinary 1,000 miles, alternating weekends. The story is heartbreaking as they both hold onto the precious life they had and the memories of their past.