This is Xenia
A blog about being a mom, raising kids, relationships, divorce, co-parenting, healing from trauma, and becoming a counselor. All while learning to live a life that feels authentically, unapologetically, me. I hope that blog gives you courage to live your most authentic life as well.
Why it’s not just handwriting
“His handwriting was sloppy,” he said in a text, and proceeded to send pictures of the inadequacies he’d found within the handwritten homework assignment. He man-splained all the reasons why this was unacceptable, the fact that he understands that kids perform better for their dad, because dads are disciplinarians, while moms are the nurturers; which is equivalent to saying that when the kids do anything with me, it will be subpar.
Why I moved out and he kept the house
It’s surprisingly challenging to find specific statistics about divorce, especially regarding the distribution of property and custody. I don’t know the numbers, but I know that my situation deviates from the norm.