This is a great question I’ve seen and heard often, what should I wear to court? Usually, women are going for their first time, to finalize the divorce, or to fight the custody arrangements after divorce. Dressing to be taken seriously, to seem confident, and all-around collected is a must! Do not dress to impress your ex-husband or to gain…
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Recently, I kept running across a newly published book by Gary Thomas. He’s the author of many marriage books that caused more harm, in my marriage, than good – I don’t fault Mr. Thomas for that as any book can be distorted and used for evil purposes. After reading a few of his blog articles after my divorce, especially the…
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While married, like many Christian women, I bought into the idea that if I prayed hard enough and did all the right things, that my husband would have a miraculous change of “heart”, repent of all his wrongdoings, and our marriage would be restored to God’s purpose for Christian marriages. During that time, I signed up for all the “save…
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I’ve been a parent since I was 18 years old. Beyond what I do now, writing and coaching women, I’ve never done anything but take care of my family. My entire adult life has revolved around my children. Even when I worked a full-time job, I took kids to daycare and/or picked them up, came home, cooked dinner, did dishes…
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Just that title alone can cause tears to come to the eyes of many women who know this pain, well. For the last several years, as I’ve written more about the estrangement that I’ve experienced, I hear tons of stories from women (and men) who have children and grandchildren that have been turned against them for no good reason. Many…
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In the United States, January is the most active month for divorce filings. Many divorce lawyers, law professionals, and experts even call it, Divorce Month because of the increase in the number of people who start their divorce process in the month of January. Why such a big spike in divorces filed in January? Because often during the holidays, one…
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This post is not me saying “I have no empathy for single moms”… actually, quite the opposite! I hope to encourage others, including fellow Christians and divorced women, to have loving compassion and empathy for all single mothers (the beaten-down traveler) and love them like yourself. Do you know the Parable of the Good Samaritan? The story Jesus told the…
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