God really does answer prayers. For the past three years, I have been struggling to keep our home from foreclosure. I have been trying and hoping to sell the house, but my ex husband refused to sign the papers, preferring to allow the house to be foreclosed upon rather than allow me to see the …
As many abandoned spouses know, today’s marital abandonment doesn’t always mean desertion. While society congratulates the parent who moves out for staying “involved,” it largely ignores longterm challenges abandoned spouses face redefining themselves and filling emptiness left behind when children visit the deserting parent. Last week I celebrated another anniversary in my journey through abandonment. On October 11th, 2011, I wrote my first post for Single …
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What if the house burns down? How would I get my boys out in time? How would I save us all? I’d been hoping my school would want me full time, but despite the kind and patient explanation I was given, there was no way around it. My job was on the line. With NY’s taxes, economically devastating policies, and high …
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What had happened to my life and how had things turned so quickly? We had renewed our vows on Valentine’s Day, and it seemed, even to me, that we lived the perfect life. We had four beautiful little boys and another child on the way. Our large home had been built, much of it by …
Did you ever get the feeling you had a black cloud hanging over you, like nothing is going right? Maybe you’ve felt like you’re in such a deep hole, nothing ever will go right, that no matter what you do, you’re trapped in the shadows, that storms were sent specifically to rock your boat, that every move …
What do the Gospel of Matthew, a Gecio horror movie spoof, and darkness have to do with your story and your Right Path? As a single Mom of five boys, I’ve learned that everyone has a story. What’s yours?
When I first began Single Mom Smiling, I was in a bad place and no one understood. I had people who were there for me as much as they could be, but at the end of each day, they went home to their lives, and I was stuck, a prisoner in a life I could not escape. …
Jesus looked at His accuser, “My kingdom does not belong to this world.” I can’t count the number of times I sat in courtrooms awaiting judgment, wondering what injustice would be brought upon my children and me next, confused by what was happening and the fact that no one wanted to hear my side, frightened by the man …
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