I had the honor or speaking last night at a Ladies Tea with the theme “Beautifully Broken.” This is the outline for what I shared. […]
Purple
I was recently asked by someone who had experienced divorce: Did you feel bound to [your ex-husband] in marriage still, even after the divorce? And […]
Little Shoulders
Death in family. Sickness. Divorce. Money issues. Very adult problems listed by the students in my nine year old’s Sunday School class when asked to […]
What’s Next?
It’s tough to know what to share next. I don’t see myself as having fully “risen” from the ruins, so I think there will be […]
Acceptance
About a month after our divorce was final, my ex-husband walked into our youngest son’s church league basketball game sporting a fresh haircut. When we […]
Depression
Early on in the affair, before my husband left, I tried to do anything I could think of to be a better wife, to make […]
Bargaining
After the affair, I don’t think I ever really bargained with God. Mostly I just begged Him. The bargaining was more with myself although at […]
Anger
I’d venture to bet that most women think they know how they would react if they found their man cheating. Thoughts of bodily harm and […]
Denial
It was the last week in October when we brought our baby boy home for the first time to our rented two-story townhouse. New parents […]