The best advice is to give yourself enough time to mourn the loss of your marriage. Any of several excellent books on the subject may help you understand and work through the mourning process, or you may want to participate in individual or group therapy to help you move forward.

You also have to learn to balance your new life as a single parent with your job and your need for some personal down-time. There may never be enough hours in the day for you to tend to your home and meet the demands of work. However, no matter how busy your life may seem, you must carve a few hours a week for your own emotional and physical well-being. Exercise, read, play the piano, take a class, soak in a tub. You need to nurture yourself. Use some of your personal time to develop and maintain a support network of relatives and friends. If you've moved to a new area, you can build social frameworks with people you meet at synagogue, exercise class and community projects.