I have to say that I was saddened by the news that former 90210 star Jennie Garth and Twilight star Peter Facinelli are ending their 11 year marriage. By Hollywood standards, this was a long marriage and it’s always sad to see it happen especially when children are involved. According to the L.A. Times blog, The Envelope, Peter Facinelli plays vampire Carlisle Cullen in “The Twilight Saga,” but sadly his marriage to “90210″ actress Jennie Garth isn’t similarly immortal.
The star couple announced Tuesday that their 11-year marriage has ended.
“While we have decided to end our marriage, we both share the same deep love and devotion to our children,” Facinelli and Garth told Us Weekly. “We remain dedicated to raising our beautiful daughters together. We ask for privacy and respect during this time.”
They share three girls: Luca, 14, Lola, 9, and 5-year-old Fiona. The news comes on the heels of Facinelli’s Monday appearance on “The Hunger Games” red carpet with his eldest.
Facinelli will enjoy an anonymous summer before promoting the final “Twilight” installment, “Breaking Dawn — Part 2.” Garth is committed to a charitable outreach for children’s literacy, a book reading with Cheerio’s Spoonful of Stories, slated for mid-March.
While the news may come as a surprise to some, reports as early as last July had the pair on the rocks, living apart and trying to work out their differences.
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TMF Readers, Kela and I want to thank you for being such loyal readers throughout the past year and most importantly, we want to wish you and your families all of the peace, joy and goodwill that your hearts desire. May your New Year be the best year yet for you and it is our hope that you will continue to come to our site and enjoy what is upon our hearts to share with each and every one of you. Kela and I have had a tremendous year filled with our share of mishaps but the joy certainly outweighed the bad and we are better women, mothers, sibilings, parents, step-parents and spouses for it.

It is no surprise that with all the stress of family life, we as couples don’t take enough time out to nuture our marriages and relationships. In order to grow together as a couple, we have to be able to enjoy one another’s company and we cannot do that with all the distractions that come along with our day-to-day lives. Of course, our children are important to us but our marriages have to be more important. That seems odd to think about for most people, but as husbands and wives, we have to accept that in order to be any good to our children as a couple, our marriages and remarriages have to be the first priority. These times we share alone together not only allow us to grow, but they allow us to rekindle the reason why we fell in love in the first place.

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