by Elisabeth | Nov 24, 2022 | difficult marriage, divorce, holidays
Are you in a hard marriage? Are you separated? Are you divorced? Are you a single mom? Are you dreading holiday gatherings? Are you dreading not having plans for Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve or Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve? Are you dreading not being able to do...
by Elisabeth | Nov 3, 2022 | difficult marriage
During my first marriage, I kept journals. Lots and lots of journals. Some would say it was a record of wrongs, something we as Christ-followers are called not to do as an act of love. But I knew better. I knew what my journal meant to me. It was my lifeline. It...
by Elisabeth | Oct 7, 2022 | abuse, difficult marriage, pain
Let’s say your husband hits you. Or pushes you. Or slaps you. Or let’s say he has never hit you. But he has forced you – forced you – to have sex when you said no. Or let’s say he hasn’t hit you and he hasn’t forced you to have sex. Let’s say it’s not that obvious....
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 | Jul 22, 2022 | abuse, Church, difficult marriage
(originally written in 2014) Picture a closet, bursting at the seams. Now picture a girl, back to the door, doing everything she can to brace herself against it to keep the contents from tumbling out all over the place, because what a mess that would be. Hi, I’m that...
