by Elisabeth | Nov 9, 2023 | dating, difficult marriage, divorce, emotions, faith, healing, pain, redemption, remarriage
REPOST from 2016 Recently, my husband shared a part of his story and it was well-received. We did, however, get a couple questions along the lines of “how did he specifically get from point A (being a certain kind of man in his first marriage) to point B (being a...
by Elisabeth | Nov 2, 2023 | difficult marriage, divorce, emotions, faith, healing, pain, redemption, remarriage, wholeness
REPOST from 2016 I get asked all the time if my husband could write a post sharing his story. Here you go… In my first marriage, I was up and down with God, hot and cold. Different life experiences would bring me closer to God but then it would fade away. I’d go...
by Elisabeth | Feb 9, 2023 | difficult marriage, divorce, healing, heart, pain, remarriage
Boyfriend #1: kinda sorta cheated on me Boyfriend #2: broke our engagement Husband #1: addiction and abuse stuff First man after marriage that I kinda sorta dated: one day after meeting me, after six months of long distance, ended things Random guy I had one date...
by Elisabeth | Sep 16, 2022 | Church, difficult marriage, remarriage
I have never written on this topic before and I’m pretty sure I know why. Because a, no one has asked me to (ha!), and b, it’s a hot-button issue (but oh well). For some reason though, I have some thoughts these days and I’m feeling weirdly fired up about it....
by Elisabeth | Aug 12, 2022 | difficult marriage, remarriage
Caveat: though all of these things could help in marriages with adultery, abuse and addiction, those kinds of marriages are a different breed and could also benefit from a different list; the marriages I have in mind for this specific list are those that are mostly...
by Elisabeth | Mar 25, 2022 | difficult marriage, remarriage, wholeness
I get asked all the time what is different about my second marriage that makes it work? And there are many answers for that. But today I’m going to focus on what I personally am doing differently. During my first marriage, I was controlling. I was a nag. I was...