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Valentine’s Day Blues

A Seattle Divorce Law Firm That Celebrates Valentine's Day? Quite a few years ago our local Chamber of Commerce used to hold monthly social/networking events at different businesses. Our law firm offered to host such an event. When the dates for the various events were given out, we found...

Co-Parenting, Holidays, and Covid – Nightmare or Opportunity?

For separated and divorced parents, the holidays always bring added complexities, but in the middle of Covid, things are even tougher. Now it is not just a matter of coordinating time with each parent, but finding fun things to do with more limited options than usual. I was very impressed with th...

Seattle Divorce Services Supports Reign FC Women’s Soccer!

Seattle Divorce Services has renewed its partnership with the Reign FC for 2017, Seattle's professional women's soccer team! SDS's support of women's soccer stems in part from the enthusiasm of our business manager for the sport. She has played recreational soccer league for many years. At age 58...

Forgiveness – Do It For You

By "forgiveness", I mean letting go of anger. When you carry anger toward another person, it generally hurts you more than it does them. If the person you are angry at is an ex, then your anger probably does not even mean that much to them. They are walking around, getting on with life, and all the...

Same Sex Marriage in Washington

We were extremely happy to see same sex marriage passed by the voters in Washington State! It is just basic fairness - adults who love each other should be able to marry. There is no reason to discriminate against some couples because of their gender preferences. I saw a post by Carol Betts, a fr...

Viking Days in Ballard

While this has nothing to do with law, I can't help writing about one of our favorite Ballard institutions, the Nordic Heritage Museum. This weekend they are hosting the annual Viking Days festival! More information about the festival is available on the My Ballard website, and at the museum's webs...

Ballard Seafood Fest This Weekend!

Since I live and work (at our divorce law firm office) in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, and love seafood, I am always happy to see the Ballard SeafoodFest come around each year. Our office has helped sponsor the festival for years now, and we always look forward to getting down to the festiva...

Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon rocks out to raise money for the American Cancer Society

I know that this has nothing to do with divorce, but I wanted to post it anyway because it is for a good cause. My father-in-law died from cancer and we still miss him....