If an unwanted divorce is not enough to be dealing with many of us women are dealing with a toxic family of origin as well. I’ve been coaching and mentoring women through the divorce recovery journey for about four or five years now. In my experience, I’ve only coached a couple ladies who did not have problems with their birth…
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Why do I have to be going through a divorce? Why didn’t my husband stay faithful? Why doesn’t God make my husband change? Why doesn’t God fix my marriage? Why does God allow these bad things to happen to faithful Christians? We’ve all thought these or similar things during and after divorce. They are very normal thoughts and feelings, for…
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After the first physical affair had ended (in late Fall 2002), the other woman (OW) called our house (no cell phones at the time). She seemed shocked that I answered. But immediately started stuttering out that she wanted to apologize for what she had done and ask for my forgiveness. I was still very angry about the betrayal and didn’t want…
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In 2002 and then again in 2009, I was told by pastors that I had the power to “love him into repentance.” The message was I could save my marriage, single-handedly, and God would bless me greatly for it. [While fervently reading and highlighting, The Power of a Praying Wife.] Thankfully one of these churches has since stopped giving this…
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He packed his clothes and went to his parent’s house for Christmas. At first, he said he wanted us all to go with him. But I couldn’t pretend everything was okay to please them anymore. They didn’t understand or even care about the emotional roller coaster that we were on. And I knew my lack of a fake smile would…
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