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...Apart from the insults, it was just strange, because I’d see [Jane] in the dining hall and ask her about her [spring] break, but I already knew. I was addicted to her diary. I would come home, and this would be a daily ritual of her saying things about...
...that a divorce ceremony can bring closure and even comfort at the end of a marriage. Barbara and Phil Penningroth divorced in 1997 after 25 years of marriage and held a divorce ceremony featuring filmed highlights of their life together and poems by Robert Browning. The Penningroths found the ritual so meaningful that they co-wrote A Healing Divorce: Transforming the End of Your Relationship with Ritual and Ceremony (1st Books). Phil believes that in this post-Sept. 11 era, people may feel more compelled than ever to attempt a harmonious end to their marriage. "In a time when...
Though not commonplace, divorce ceremonies are being performed in a variety of denominations, not to promote divorce but to help couples through one of the most painful experiences of their lives. Lutherans call it a "private confession ritual" and suggest that one or two close friends be in attendance--but discourage children. Unitarians describe it as a "ceremony of hope" and ask the partners to offer apologies to each other and seek forgiveness for the hurt they have inflicted. "The church is always present during a death, but here we are with a divorce, an overwhelmingly painful thing...
...Glencoe, Ill., helped Laura Milsk design a ceremony. It took place on the shores of Lake Michigan, where Laura, sans husband, prayed and tossed pieces of bread into the chilly water. "My sense is that Laura made a journey and returned as a whole person," says Rabbi Greene. "The ritual was a positive rather than a mournful step...
...everyone. "Ideally," says Father Malcolm Boyd, 78, an Episcopal priest who has performed half a dozen divorce ceremonies for people of various faiths, "there should be two people trying to be honest, getting on with their lives and not wanting to harbor resentment. This could be an empty ritual without those elements...