Family Without Ties

   With so many divorces and broken homes it's a shame that people have yet to figure out this simple concept. It really would make things better. It really would be better for your kid(s).
   So what is this concept? As I said it's simple. You can be a family without being together. You may hate the father/mother of your child(ren) as a partner, but that doesn't mean you can't learn to be friends after some time of healing.
    Take my marriage for example. We are not compatible as partners.  After getting separated and completely removing him from my life, online and otherwise, for 9 months that gave me time to heal, time to stop hating, time to grow. Now I can talk to him, I can add him on Facebook, we can go out to eat together with our son and have nice conversations like we were never able to do before.  My son can have family moments without us legally being a family.  It's important for kids to see mommy and daddy together getting along and that's what I want to provide for him. I'd never go back to his dad, but that doesn't mean I have to keep him completely out of my life either. I've found we get along a lot better now that we did before.