Raelee Rowen

08/27/2026

One Year Later || My Divorce in Essays

"...and all I could think was… [long pause]. ‘Pumpkin Spice is back [at Starbucks] and she didn’t tell me. She has always told me."...

07/14/2026

I went to visit our ghosts today.

Newest essay, now live.

“Roughly this time last year, I was once again on the Emerald Isles, and you decided – without me – to stop trying. I was crying myself to sleep because I knew in my gut that some…

04/30/2026

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.”

04/20/2026

Get nosy and read some letters

“It’s not a feeling.
It’s not a question.
It’s just a promise.”

03/23/2026

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.

02/23/2026

Latest essay now live!

“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…

02/03/2026

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/

01/14/2026

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

“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& #…

01/02/2026

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

12/31/2025

On replay since October