Genevieve C. West

It’s official. The divorce is final.  I am untethered.  No longer a wife. No longer a “Mrs.” No longer able to afford to stay home with the kids.  No longer able to look forward to being an empty nester who finally gets to put herself first. No longer picturing sitting on the porch in the morning with coffee and the husband of my youth. I am adrift. I float through several days of sobbing and drinking and not getting out of bed and not wanting to go home and forgetting to feed myself and overeating and sleeping too much and not being able to sleep. I send regretful text messages compulsively, knowing I shouldn’t. Knowing I should practice self care rather than lashing out. But I ignore my wiser, saner voice and send them all anyway.  I am flailing. I am suffering. And I do not go quietly.   I do not apologize for saying out loud what I’ve been keeping secret for years.What do I have to lose now? Not my marriage. That’s been lost.  Exhausted from days or weeks or years or decades of wal

The End Of An Era 2006-2022 After 15 years of marriage, Eric and Genevieve are now officially divorced.  Just as their marriage began surrounded by loved ones, the former couple hopes to end their marriage with the support of loved ones as well. Celebrate Life.  Humans come together to acknowledge and celebrate every other momentous event, such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, even funerals, so why not divorce too?  We chose to throw a joint divorce party together to signal to our friends and families that divorce is happening, that our divorce is amicable, that they don’t need to choose sides, and to announce to the world that life is changing for the West family!  Setting Intentions. A combined divorce party sets the intention of the type of divorce we’re envisioning. While I can only hope to achieve the co-parenting relationship that @momsoftampa have with their blended families, Eric and I have agreed that we will always put the kids first. And we make a good team! Divorce s