A lot has been going on with my sister’s grueling unending court battle with her sociopathic ex-husband – so much that I have barely been able to keep up with it, let alone write about it. Many of you have asked what’s going on with her so here is the latest update. They had their [...]

We’ve had some drama at our house this week – I had to get Triple AAA to jump-start my car because the battery died (because I let the girls watch too many Scooby Doo videos in it while they waited for their piano lessons to finish), Ella and I are home sick, Fiona is also [...]

Misogyny, n.: The hatred or dislike of women or girls. Misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women. Misogyny can also happen in the family court system, where I’m learning that it happens all the time.

This week I tweeted that well, I’m happy, so something must certainly be wrong because I’ve usually got something to kvetch about, right? The truth is, I’ve been content and happy for weeks now, so of course, with my background, I began to get worried – like maybe the sky may fall in or something. [...]

My sister recommended the book, The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout. She’s reading it because she thinks it might explain her ex-husband, with whom she’s involved in a horrendous custody battle.

I’ve used the term ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) for something like 30 years, but not until now have I ever actually associated the word “child” with the word “alcoholic” because I never imagined that alcoholism could happen to a child. You could be a child of an alcoholic, but I never thought a child [...]