Just Susan : Just Susan Publishing : 9780692624111 : 0692624112 : 30 Jan 2016 : I will never forget THAT day, sitting in my lawyer's office going over the last remaining items in order to finalize my divorce. As she and I sat there, she continued to ask me all the "standard questions". I can still remember everything about that day, that hour, that minute. My heart was in so much pain, but the pain of staying the same was actually greater than the fear of change itself. As she looked at me and asked her last question, I became paralyzed. My lawyer said, "Susan, what would you like your name to be?" I can remember staring at her for a very long time as my mind went in circles as if I were on a fast moving merry-go-round. She continued, "Do you want to keep your last name as it is, or would you like to go back to your maiden name?" As she kept talking, all I could think about was that I went from being someone's daughter at 17 to someone's wife to someone's mother. I had never before bee