Divorce: A Personal Narrative Analysis

Recently, I had a conversation with my ex-husband/father of my children. A conversation that I went into with the full knowledge that there may be some anger, hurt feelings, and possibly an argument. The conversation had played out in my head dozens of times over the last six months, but it didn't make it any easier to approach out loud. The best approach was to remain calm, be honest and chose my words carefully. Taking a deep breath I asked him to consider allowing my husband to become our children's legal guardian or to allow him to adopt them. Panic set in the minute the question left my mouth and my heart raced as I waited for his response.

The way he responded left me stunned; he calmly agreed to consider it and requested

As parents, we know that some day our children may endure heartbreak and our job is to guide them through it to the best of our abilities. But how do you guide them through it when the person who ended a relationship with them is their other parent? Admitting that I haven't been able to completely protect them from my divorce and the actions of the other parent has been hard. Unfortunately, our divorce has affected my children in a way that I could never have imagined. My children were created from inside of my own body and to see them hurt leads me back to a familiar emotion;

The end of our marriage was not what he had wanted, so it should have been obvious that he had his own anger and his own hurt. Instead of simply neglecting his feelings, he ran off to hide them. Selfishly, he walked away from our children and has yet to make his way back for them. As angry as I am at him, I am angry at myself for neglecting to be a supportive co-parent to him through our divorce. I can't go back to change any of it and despite my best efforts, it isn't making any difference now. I can't fix my broken