by Elisabeth | Feb 23, 2023 | difficult marriage, divorce, pain
{A post from when I was walking through my separation and divorce} I’ve been told lately that how I have handled my marriage and how I am handling the dissolution of my marriage show a lack of strength. I’ve been told that I should be kicking butt. I’ve been told...
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 | Jan 12, 2023 | abuse, difficult marriage
Question: What if our marriage never changes, what if the bad things he’s doing aren’t just a phase, like people keep telling me? There was a period of a few months when I lived in the most emotionally uncomfortable place I’d ever been. I had woken up fully to my...
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....
