My best friend told me once that she struggled with why God allowed us to come to her community and church if it was going […]
Handling the Hurt
The grief I held in and hid from the kids all those months spilled out while they sat with me on the floor the day […]
Robbed
I had accepted that I was going to have to let him leave. It was what he wanted, and it was killing me to live […]
Even If
We visited a church in a neighboring town up until the Sunday my husband left. At first, I was so proud of him for keeping […]
Prodigal
I was determined from the day the news went public that I did not want to act in a way that would hurt my own […]
Bad Dream
I had the window above the sink open while cleaning the kitchen after dinner. The air coming through had been cool in the warm kitchen, […]
Fighting Alone
I expected reconciliation to be a long, hard process. People had told me it wasn’t easy, and I had read it over and over. I […]
Free Will
I suppose there was some measure of relief in finding out I was right. It meant I wasn’t completely crazy, but that was the only […]
I Just Wanted the Truth
I just wanted the truth. I felt like Satan was deceiving my husband, my husband was deceiving me, and I was deceiving everyone. Sunday mornings, […]
The Mother of His Children
Late February, I just asked. I couldn’t take wondering and fighting the battle in my mind any longer. It was a Sunday afternoon. We had […]