divorce – Page 3 – On Life, Hope y todo lo demás…

When you don’t have a mailing address.

I find myself stuttering when I call for a doctor’s appointment and they ask me for my mailing address. Then it hits me; I have no permanent mailing address! It takes me a while to react and then decide I’ll give my old address, which is the one on file for now. How long is […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

How the Internet makes being alone much easier.

As I entered my 50th birthday with a big bang on many levels: new job, a divorce which has led me to temporarily, I hope, become somewhat of a nomad, beating loneliness has all been easier thanks to the internet.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

How does it feel to be single again?

Someone asked me this recently and it took me a while to understand the question! Single? Oh! Yes, you must mean, how does it feel to be separated and leading a “single” life. Well, my answer was even more surprising to me since I hadn’t even given that a thought. “The same, I guess.” Meaning; […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Google and grief.

What did people do when they experienced grief? They felt probably the same as we do now, but now at least we don’t feel so crazy, misplaced or alone.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Our Best Intentions.

We get into relationships with our best intentions and often no matter how good those intentions are, in time it doesn’t work out. We grow, we change and need something different and we must accept that. It may be sad but if done right, both parties win and get a second chance.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Why we shouldn’t try to block pain.

In order to grow, learn and move on, there is no getting around pain. Pain must be experienced and felt, not avoided especially if we are going through a loss of some kind. If we don’t take the time to mourn our losses, experience them and process them, they will linger on longer and we […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Things I didn’t know about a separation.

Now, I have yet another life experience to talk about. And yes, it’s inspiring me to write so I am milking it. Although it’s only the beginning, and I can only speak from this point, hopefully, things will look brighter in this area soon. You want it to be civil and nice, but it takes two […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Disappointed but not brokenhearted.

When I was a teen, a terrible one, my father always told me, “lovers come and go, but I will always be there for you through thick or thin because you are my daughter, and I love you unconditionally. Don’t ever forget that.” Now, more than ever, I know this to be true.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

My grandmother at 98 inspires me to be alone.

Every Sunday, I try to call my grandmother who raised me in Spain since I was 3. If I don’t, it’s because I don’t have the heart to call her when I’m sad. Yet, when I call her she cheers me up and makes me laugh.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When pictures become your memory.

I love to take pictures of special moments which are actually feelings. Now, as I look back on them, instead of needing a calendar to check what I did on a certain date I can not only remember but see and feel that day.