When I Attended My Former Wife's WeddingThis is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Divorce: A Love Story, co-written with my former wife, Anne Menkens. The book is available for pre-order now, and will be out on October 15.On a sunny June day in 2009, I attended the wedding of my former wife, Anne. The small church included many people who had been at our own wedding 14 years earlier, including my mother, who sat beside me. One person who... [...]
Oregon Shooter's Mother Wrote About Guns In Online Forum
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mother of a gunman who killed nine people and himself at an Oregon community college allowed her troubled son to have guns and acknowledged in online posts that he struggled with autism, but she didn't seem to know he was potentially violent.
The online writings by Laurel Harper date from a year ago to nine years ago and offer fresh insight into the gunman,... [...]
5 Things To Keep In Mind When Co-Parenting With Your Ex After DivorceI divorced when I was in my 20s. It would be nice to be able to walk away from my ex and have that part of my life be a distant memory as soon as the ink dried on the divorce decree, but for those of us that share custody of a child with our ex, or work for the same company as the ex (both cases are true for me), you have to learn how to cope with this person in your daily... [...]
I Wasn't Married Long Enough To See My Wedding PhotosIt was unlike anything I had experienced ever before.The lights to a world I became so familiar with just shut off ever so suddenly. And within a blink of an eye, everything changed.Life doesn't prepare you for that. I don't think we expect to wake up one day completely lost in our own world.For as long as I can remember, I've always been able to find a way to make things work. In fact, my... [...]
Doctors Without Borders Enraged Over 'Deliberate' Kunduz Hospital Bombing
A top U.S. commander said Tuesday that the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Afghanistan was accidental -- but the humanitarian group, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, claims otherwise.
The hospital, the only one of its kind in the region, was "deliberately bombed," according to a statement released Tuesday by Dr. Joanne Liu, MSF's... [...]
