Raelee Rowen

Muscle Memory || My Divorce In Essays

Muscle Memory || My Divorce In Essays “…there is no wife waiting, no potential for dinner to be already started. No one to help me carry groceries. I clip coupons for food I don’t eat. I save memes for a ghost.”

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Promises || My Divorce in Essays “It’s not a feeling.
It’s not a question.
It’s just a promise.”

This “little bitch baby” “devil spawn” “fluffernutter” “idiot” and “prettiest babby in the whole world” is FOUR YEARS OLD ALREADY.

From Florida to Washington; from two moms to one; my enemy and # 1 nemesis; my best friend and teddy bear. Thank god you haven’t killed me yet. Just a couple scars. And bruises. And heart attacks.

Latest essay now live!

Claddagh || My Divorce in Essays “Now there is a specific way to wear it,” the man said. “Oh, I didn’t know!” “Yes, so you wear it on your right ring finger, yep like that, and face the heart out if your heart is open, b…

Newest essay posted: Tattoos

Please appreciate my artistic attempt to recreate the first photo with a very hyped JJ.

https://raeleerowen.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/tattoos-my-divorce-in-essays/

“I’m so sorry that on her journey to find herself, you were the collateral damage”

Strangers || My Divorce in Essays “I’m so sorry that on her journey to find herself, you were the collateral damage” And it definitely felt like that at first. But as it gets easier to detach and recognize truths, it feels like I& #…

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Ended the year with someone who will actually dance with me - I didn’t even have to ask 🥰❤️

On replay since October

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Nothing like getting a row to yourself on a red eye.

11262025 - the last day in apt 2026.
This time I’m making 2026 my bitch.

We’re on our own, kid.

My Divorce in Essays: Ghosts

"To move back to the same apartments that she and I had left behind may seem like a step backward. But it's not."...

My Divorce in Essays: Ghosts “To move back to the same apartments that she and I had left behind may seem like a step backward. But it’s not.”