Cherishing family and friends and celebrating what really matters can be hard to do when Divorce is a thing in your life. Right now, you may feel broken and bitter while everyone else seems to be hopping around with some joyous version of Seasonal Affective Disorder. I know how you…
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Walking the Line Between Marriage and Divorce: Maintaining Respect for Your Ex—Good Advice for Folks in North Carolina.
By Dana Horlick, Attorney, Woodruff Family Law GroupEven a productive and long-lived marriage can end in divorce. Just ask Jane Seymour and James Keach. The celebrity couple, known for their acting roles and producing, were married for 22 years and separated in 2013. At the end of 2015, Seymour and Keach filed a divorce settlement splitting the…
How to Meet your Resolutions Without Breaking the Bank: A New Year, a New You, and a New Start in the Triad – Part 2 of 2
By Diana Westrick, Legal Assistant, Woodruff Family Law GroupPart Two Now that you read through yesterday’s Part One of frugally meeting your resolutions, it is time to introduce two more traditional New Year goals. With the help of inspiration from Eva Longoria and Martha Stewart, the resources listed below will be your beginning guide. Resolution #3: Have a…
How to Meet Your Resolutions without Breaking the Bank: A New Year, a New You, and a New Start in the Triad – Part 1 of 2
By Diana Westrick, Legal Assistant, Woodruff Family Law GroupPart One We have all heard it before: January 1st represents a blank slate; you can now accomplish everything you put off last year, and the year before, and the year before that. That small voice in your head is convincing you that this year will be different; this time,…
An Open Letter to Shermikia Lemon on Success: Magic of Reinvention
I look at success as achievement of goals at three points in time. Time is the magic gift that we all have, and we must use time wisely. There is success at the current moment and being in the now. There is success for intermediate goals, perhaps those to be…
Middle Aged Guy’s Date Wardrobe for Summer 2015
By Carolyn J. Woodruff, JD, CPA, CVAToday, let’s deal with the “date” wardrobe you should build over time (depending on your budget). This wardrobe selection is for Summer 2015 for dinners out, movies, theater, concerts and similar activities. Find your own look and make it your own. Be creative. It will make you feel good about…
Divorce Recovery: Get Out of the Doldrums!!!
Whether you are in North Carolina or in any other place, your recovery from a stressful divorce, family law, juvenile or custody case is extremely important. It is important that you recover mentally, physically, emotionally, socially, financially, and spiritually. This blog will address the grieving process of divorce and then…