ELIZABETH FLORES ¥ eflores@startribune.comMarch 12, 2007 - St. Louis Park, MN - Alecia Lahti jokes that she got custody of "Harold," the couple's Old English sheepdog. Two-thirds of divorces today are initiated by women. Why? We ask some of them, including the vivacious, articulate and honest Alecia Lahti, who said she woke up from her 23-year marriage in 2005 and knew she just needed to be done.

Published March 30, 2007