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Jennifer Iacovelli knew her two young sons were going to have a hard time getting used to their newly separated parents. To help make the uncertain time a little less uncertain, she did everything she could to provide the boys with some normalcy. They huddled up on the couch every Friday night to watch their favorite reality shows and trekked through state parks all throughout summer vacation.

“Even if dad wasn’t there, I wasn’t about to let the turmoil of divorce and a move ruin that summer,” Iacovelli told The Huffington Post.

Below, the HuffPost Divorce blogger shares what else helped her and the boys get through the first few months after divorce.

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