Barb’s Blog

Lastly, to blog all my ‘presents’ for the season, I have saved ‘the weirdest’ for last.

One week before Christmas, and after church (which was a after a precious sermon on doing the Lord’s will), came the request, no, demand, for a divorce.

There was no surprise for me there, really, but the timing was sure odd to me.

I suppose you can say out of the wonderful blogs on Christmas presents that I have made, this one is being a bit sarcastic. Well, yes, it is.

I have rarely got this personal on my blog, but even saying this much, there is a lot being unsaid, and I feel good about that.

What comes next is, though, I don’t feel a bit apprehensive in blogging it at all, is that among the emotions that makes this a tragedy for a family, and truly, the split of a family IS a tragedy…the feelings of lost as to what to do next, and how to handle the technical aspects. I am really at a loss, as it’s an event that on the average, I feel we don’t prepare for. Most of us go into marriage thinking it’s forever.

So next in my life comes the research on what to do, how to find a divorce lawyer I can afford, and yet still have someone look out for my best interests, as apparently I haven’t a clue as to even what they are.

So far in my research, and much to my surprise one can even find Fast & Easy DIVORCES Online . What’s next? Getting married online?

Also what I have learned is, the average uncontested divorce runs about $4,000. After that, the figure just goes into the $20,000+ neighborhood. Nice neighborhood if you are a lawyer!