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Faith, Living, Marriage
December 2, 2018
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Supporting a Friend Who Has Weathered the Storm of Betrayal

He left her. Not only that, but it was for a friend of hers. More her friend than his, but not anymore. Walking with my friend through this most…

Marriage
December 1, 2018
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To the Wife Whose Husband Loves Another Woman

Dear wife whose husband loves another woman, I loathed reading your story because I have been where you are. There is no pain in my life that…

Journal, Relationships
August 10, 2018
8 Minute Read

Younger, Prettier, Willing to Send Nude Pics: She Was the Whole Clichéd Enchilada, But I Don’t Think About Her at All

I write candidly about my husband’s infidelity in part because I wasn’t the first to do so. The story of his long-ago-over affair with a…

Relationships
May 20, 2018
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So, Your Husband Cheated On You. But What Did He Do Next?

A flash of horror at my husband’s admission of an affair. An inability to believe he’d betrayed me or to understand how he could’ve…

Journal, Mental Health
February 20, 2018
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To the Wounded Wife, Staying Doesn’t Make You Weak

I drove up to work, my eyes puffy from sleeplessness and sobs. I’d left our four-month-old with my aunt and driven to the school where I…

Living, Relationships
February 19, 2018
6 Minute Read

Why I Chose to Stay After My Husband Was Unfaithful

I’m certain, if the choice had been mine, I would not have spoken candidly to a group of my dear and trusted friends about my husband’s…

Health, Journal
February 12, 2018
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My Husband Had An Affair; I Had STD Testing

As I am sitting alone in an open front hospital gown, I bow my head for a quick prayer of courage. A simple, polite knock letting me know she is on…

Journal, Relationships
December 9, 2017
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Telling Your Hard Truths Can Heal More Than Just Your Own Heart

You have a secret you don’t want to tell anyone, right? Yeah, I know, because I have one too. More than one. The reason we don’t serve up…

Faith, Grief, Relationships
November 5, 2017
6 Minute Read

The Day my Marriage Almost Ended

We sat at the dusty, worn picnic table while our two daughters, who were six and eight at the time, swam at the crowded wave pool nearby. It was…

Journal, Relationships
October 25, 2017
5 Minute Read

One Simple Way We Now Put Our Marriage First

When our marriage came close to ending, the whole of it seemed to flash before our eyes, like you hear about when people have a near death experience…