Sometimes I wonder why life is so hard. I do my best to be obedient to God and to love Him. I work hard and pray often. In fact, most days, I have a running dialogue with Our Lord. I take him with me from the moment I wake up until my eyes shut for…
Imagine going through the devastation of an unwanted divorce. At first, you notice things are a little off. Your husband comes home from work later. He works weekends. He isn’t available because he’s in “conferences” all day. There’s the receipt for the restaurant you never went to, the necklace you never received, the dry cleaning…
When my husband left, I thought my life was over. I did not understand what he was doing, why he had become a cruel stranger, or how my boys and I would survive without him. Confusion, fear, and overwhelm brought on by sudden abandonment, betrayal, and abuse had me on a roller coaster of emotions….
“I can’t believe my own child isn’t speaking to me. I didn’t think it was possible, but having my kids turn their backs on me hurts even worse than when my husband left.” The woman facing me was in her mid-fifties. She was beautiful, but today her face was contorted in pain as she talked…
One of my sons caught me looking through online dating profiles a few years after my husband left. I wasn’t particularly interested in dating at the time, but I wanted to see who else was out there. I wondered if there were possibilities for me. Exhausted, I silently asked if anyone would ever take on…