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Is it alright for my Ex to claim the EITC when the children live with me?

Per the IRS your Ex probably is not properly claiming the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit). If parents are divorce, the custodial parent may release a claim to exemption for a child but to be able to claim the EITC, the child must have lived with the taxpayer for more than half of the year except for temporary absences.

Click here for the link from the IRS regarding this topic.

Beauty around me

Dear Lord, thank you for all the beauty around me.

Take a moment each and every day to appreciate the beauty that God has put in your life.  It can be as little as a butterfly sitting on a leaf to a winter snowfall.

The beauty around you can calm you if given the opportunity.  It can also give you time and conversation with your children.

Enjoy the beauty around you….

Best Revenge is Happiness

The best revenge of all is Happiness.  Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have an incredibly good Life.

If you go around being sad all day and feeling sorry for yourself people won’t want to be around you.  That certain someone who left you will also believe that they made the right decision.

If you really want to drive that certain someone crazy find your happiness without them.  Show them that you are the one who is better off.  When you find your happiness you will find the person who loves you the most… Yourself.

Time is what really matters

Time Has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.

In the blink of an eye it will be next year.  The time that you miss with your children can never be reclaimed.  You can try, but you can never be at that soccer game you missed, you can never redo the birthday party you didn’t show up for.  Time is the most precious gift we are given and that we have to give.

Harry Chapin’s song Cats in a Cradel was set to music after his child was born; because that is when he realized how important time was with his child.

Jim Croce’s song Time in a Bottle  is all about wishing for more time but there never seems to be enough.

Weight the benefits of where you are putting your time.

Headed for Sunshine

Don’t confuse your path with your destination.  Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean you aren’t headed for sunshine.

The path that you are on today may not be your ultimate destination.  If your current path is ending a dysfunctional relationship that doesn’t mean you will be alone for ever.  It means that this current path is leading you through the storm towards the sunshine.  At the end of this path you will head towards the right into the sunshine.

Remember you must walk this path before you find your sunshine again.

Talk about your blessings

Talk about your blessings more than you talk about your problems….

When you talk about your blessings you bring light into your life.  When you talk about your problems the lights in your life dim.  This goes for your friends also, if you only talk about your problems they will not want to spend as much time with you.  Your friends want to see you happy.  That doesn’t mean that you never mention the trying times that you are going through, just not every day or minute.

Let your blessings overshadow your problems.

 

Coming Home

It’s a funny thing about coming home… Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. Then you realize what’s changed is you.

There is a saying – that you can never go home again –  which may be true.  Think about it, when you go back to visit your parents, it’s the same house, the same neighbor, the same city, the same state.  It has the same smells and it feels the same.  Yet… it is different.  The difference isn’t the home, it is you.  You have changed, hopefully you have grown as a person, you have become who you are.

It is the same with relationships.  Going back to one that you moved on from will never be the same.  You have changed, hopefully you have grown as a person, you have become who you are.

See the Light Hear the Whisper

You may not always see the light but if you are quiet you will hear the whisper.

While you are going through trying time you may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  But, if you sit quietly by you will be able to her God’s whisper.  The whisper of your future.  The future in his timing.

Good Relationships

Good Relationships don’t just happen.  They take time, patience, and two people who truly want to be together.

If you are beating yourself up because of a failed relationship you must remember that it takes two people to make a relationship work.  If one or the other person doesn’t want to take the time or have the patience for the relationship it will never work; no matter what the other person is willing to do.

If their are children in this relationship take the time and have the patience with your children.  Show them that time and patience are important.

Create Drama…

People who create their own Drama deserve their own Karma….

Just because you don’t like what is happening in your life, at this moment, doesn’t mean you have a license to create Drama for others.  When you create Drama for others you deserve the Karma that comes into your life.

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All pages, posts, articles and blog posts are for informational purposes only they do not constitute legal advice. If you require legal advice, please contact a lawyer licensed in your state. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author, who is not an attorney.

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Elizabeth SchruppOwner, Schrupp, CPADallas, TX
Detail-oriented, Aggressively Approaching Tasks
Cathy is a detail-oriented worker that aggressively approaches tasks assigned her.
Tracey GajakSullivan & Cook, LLC Attorneys at LawIrving, TX
Top Quality Accounting and Paralegal Work
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Shep Sands Litigation and Trial AttorneyThe Ashmore Law Firm, P.C. Dallas, TX

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All pages, posts, articles and blog posts are for informational purposes only; they do not constitute legal advice. If you require legal advice, please contact a lawyer licensed in your state. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author, who is not an attorney.



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