Category: Second Chapters
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FROM HOLA TO HOWDY
Mexico to Texas to spend time with my kids. Since becoming an Empty Nester, and a Divorcee Nomad, I cherish every chance to see my grown children. Perk of being a nomad, is I can go see them or meet them around the globe to spend quality time together. In this edition it’s Mexico to…
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Familiarity in the Life of a Nomad
I was that person of tradition, of familiarity. I lived twenty years in the family home. Documented every bit of my life, and my family’s, in journals and photo albums. When my parents moved houses when I was seventeen, I made them recreate my childhood bedroom down to the exact same wallpaper!! I didn’t do…
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Six Weeks – Somewhere between Here, There and Everywhere.
(Nearing my fourth year of being a nomad, post Empty Nest, post Divorce and Pandemic, making the most of this unexpected Second Chapter. Please take a look at other posts under “Nomad Life”, “Second Chapters” where I used my journals to document the tortuous divorce, and “Travel Adventures” where I am documenting the incredible experiences…
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE – POST DIVORCE
A Life in Storage August 2023 – Post divorce fall out continues. Every time I come “home” (i.e. hometown, parents’ house), I’m forced to tackle another box of memories. Sometimes I know what’s coming like requesting my Barbies (and Kens!) entombed in my daughter’s closet. Other times it’s when Ex has chosen to clean out…
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The Empty Nest
Empty Nest Syndrome. July 27, 2023 Tis the season! Summer is winding down, and many parents are ready to send their kids off to college. How are you preparing? How are you feeling? For those that already have empty nests, how are you doing? Positives? Negatives? Tips? It’s such a monumental change in life.…
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Mexico – The Cabo Affair Part 3 March 2021
Continued from https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/07/02/mexico-the-cabo-affair-part-2/ Living in Mexico for three months post divorce, mid-pandemic. Finding my footing, one chilaquile and margarita at a time. Spring Break Trip with Daughter & Friends In the midst of my Mexico life, I had a week with Daughter and Twins (her roomies/besties) back at Hard Rock Cabo for a year delayed…
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IN THE BEGINNING…THE DIVORCE 2019
THE DARK DAYS OF DIVORCE June 2019-December 2019 The Dark Days and what led to becoming “Second Chapter Nomad”: After three years separation, living under the same roof, a shadow of myself. Empty nester. Dog died. No car. No self respect. Hardest thing I’ve ever done. Filed for divorce when I realized Ex wasn’t going…
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Casa de Coco (December 2020) Divorce Finalized, First Christmas Out of House, and Croquet!
This final month of 2020 was extremely challenging. While all of the holiday lights created magical merriment, the reality of finalizing the end of a marriage of well over twenty years, sequestered in an Airbnb (albeit delightfully quirky Casa de Coco) was crushing at times. Having my kids go home for Christmas to the home…
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Casa de Coco (November 2020) with Northern California Road Trip, Divorce Crescendo and Pandemic
Previous post: https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/05/05/casa-de-coco-october-2020-threes-company/ While the divorce was coming to a crescendo, and the pandemic and restrictions were all over the place, my dear sweet roomie Loretta flew away back home to Manchester in pursuit of true love. Before she left, she and I took the Rogue to Malibu for a fun day trip. We had…
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Casa de Coco October 2020 – Three’s Company in a Divorce and a Pandemic
Previous post: https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/04/26/cancun-hard-rock-hurricane-delta-my-birthday-2020/ After Quarantine Chronicles (https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/02/21/quarantine-chronicles-part-1/), Tanzania Tales (https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/02/17/tanzania-tales-part-1/), Zanzibar Dreams (https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/03/22/zanzibar-dreams-part-1-meet-me-in-zanzibar/, and Cancun (with a hurricane!), it was time to get back to Casa de Coco, the quirky cottage where Lockdown Loretta and I nested during our divorces and the pandemic. I brought the Rogue (Scottish singer) to join us, Three’s Company style,…