The Day I Stopped Going Around Our Marriage Problems and Started Going Through
I don’t know if I want to be a dad. Sitting there, celebrating Valentine’s Day as newly expectant parents, I heard these words. And…
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The Breaking of a Family is Silent
I never knew that the ending of a marriage and the breaking of a family would be so silent. I never knew I would lie in bed by myself crying while my…
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I Left My Husband For My Children
I’ve borne witness to the hushed conversations and sympathetic glances surrounding a woman going through a divorce. I’ve heard the million I’m…
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I’m a Single Mom Who Dreads Christmas
I hate the holidays. I woke up today to everything Christmas. Music, lights, decorations, and the cheer being pushed down my throat. I’m still…
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I Was Better Off Divorced
“Oh, I’m so sorry,” the nurse said at my baby’s 18-month checkup. I put my hands over my going-on-3-year-old’s ears, a little too…
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Lessons From a Marriage on the Brink
Divorce is hell. But reconciliation? Harder. For it requires not only the seeing, but the fixing of oneself. Or, in the very least, an earnest…
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I’m Done Being a Victim of Divorce
You need to stop being the victim of divorce. My head snapped up. I looked at her and felt as though she just slapped me. My whole body jerked…
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Divorce is Not God’s Plan A
Divorce is not God’s Plan A. How can it be? It violently tears apart two people God himself knit together. It rips to shreds the hearts of those…
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Lysa TerKeurst’s Announcement is the Stuff of Miracles
I remember reading the article about a year ago. In front of the whole world, or at least the evangelical world, Lysa TerKeurst announced her…
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Dear Kids, You May Come From a Broken Family, But You Are Not Broken
Dear kids, You came home one day and told me it was “silly” that you have two houses and two beds. So, as this new chapter in your lives begins,…
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