Divorce Monday
The last two years I was married, I packed up the Christmas decorations into separate boxes – his and hers – anticipating that a divorce would occur that year. We had made it through the holidays, with too-high expectations dashed and me choking down the bitter resolve to take action in the upcoming year to find a happier place for my family. I was acting out the very cliché I see every year in January. The first Monday of the new year is sometimes referred to as “Divorce Monday.” The theory is that people contemplating divorce will wait until after