Kate and Her Eight Cut the Cheese

Kate and Her Eight Cut the Cheese
By Shagah Zakerion

After this year’s media firestorm over the breakup of Jon and Kate Gosselin, reality television’s stars, Kate and her eight have made a break from Jon this week when TLC dropped him from the show.

In April 2009, Jon was rumored to be cavorting around town with young women and partying late into the night. After ten years of marriage, the couple announced their separation and divorce filing on a special one-hour episode of their TLC reality series Jon & Kate Plus 8 in June.

Immediately after the episode aired, the largest concern was for the well being of the children and how the divorce would impact America’s favorite family. However, when Kate could have reacted angrily and thrown her husband under the bus, she took the higher road.

In the months following the breakup, Kate was seen looking better than ever, enjoying her children and life, and making the best of the situation. Kate even co-hosted several episodes of ABC’s morning talk show The View. And this week, she took another step toward healing and moving forward with her life in a difficult time—removing Jon from their show.

"I'm tired of smiling on the outside while I'm crying on the inside," Kate said in June. "I've been doing that for a long time."

TLC says the new show, which debuts November 2, will be Kate Plus 8. The new show will take a deeper focus on Kate's role in the family and her journey as a single mother building the next chapter in her life.

"The series will continue to chronicle the Gosselin family as they go on outings and tackle daily challenges and adventures," the network said. "It will also document Kate's journey as a newly single mother raising 5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins."

What could have been a devastating situation for Kate Gosselin has become a moment of strength and empowerment. Although Kate never anticipated this would happen, she realized that change was a part of life and it was time to adapt rather than give up. She took this chance to not only change but to enjoy this opportunity for a new beginning.