I am 53 years old. Divorced. And I am struggling with being single. It is both surprising, and not. Surprising because I would think at this age, with decades of adult life behind me, I would feel confident in my own skin. Alone not because I have to be, but…

The last time someone had placed a physical book in my hands had been 16 years earlier, when I was six years old and in the second grade. …

Photo by Beth Jnr on Unsplash The weight was almost too much to bear as I entered the courthouse to file a petition for divorce. It would be my second. Divorce, that is, not petition. I expected to feel better once the judge granted it a long three months after…