Most often tragedies come as an event, a moment, after which things are never the same.
In my work life, I deal with these events all the time. Families that were once happy, functioning organisms come to a point where they no longer work. While the buildup may have taken days, months or years, the point [...]
Posts Tagged ‘divorce’
15 Aug
The next day
7 Dec
(Broken) Home for the holidays
A phenomenon many divorce attorneys encounter each year between mid-November and January 2 is the sudden drop-off of clients and client activity. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s the holiday lull, the last-ditch effort to grasp the fast-fading warm feeling of family or at least the rational attempt to try to preserve the illusion that ‘everything [...]
15 Feb
Ethics? What ethics?
Have I mentioned that I dislike lawyers?
This could be uncomfortable, of course, because I am one. But when I hear about how my so-called esteemed brethren treat other people, sometimes it really makes me sick. Usually it’s the money. I understand our hourly rate sounds outrageous to people who are making $7, $8, $25 an [...]
24 Jan
How many ends does that candle have??
“It’s better to burn out than it is to rust.”
These words, attributed to Neil Young, embody my usual philosophy. There isn’t much time– fill as many minutes as you can with usefulness. I’ve driven several family members mad with my need to be constantly “doing.” Personally, I don’t see this as a flaw. It’s [...]
16 Jan
What makes a marriage?
A friend of mine recently decided in order to preserve her marriage, she needed to leave the marital home. She and her husband now live in two homes in the same city, while they work through counselors to cure the issues that separated them. So they see each other a couple times a week and [...]
13 Jan
A sad epidemic
A disturbing trend seems to have surfaced in recent months: solving your family troubles by murder.
I know some are following the Karen McCarron trial, where an Illinois doctor admitted killing her daughter to end her family’s pain caused by living with a child with autism. But this is by no means the only one, and [...]
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