by Elisabeth | Dec 11, 2020 | divorce, faith, holidays
I’ve caught myself saying things like this over the past month: I desperately need Christmas this year, and I’m holding out for the miracle, and I need the arrival. But what does that even mean? How can I be waiting on something – or Someone – who already came?...
by Elisabeth | Dec 4, 2020 | 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 on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve? Are you dreading not being able to do your years’-long...
by Elisabeth | Aug 28, 2020 | divorce
Reason #1: I Don’t Need to Do Anything to Heal from My Divorce OR I Can Do Just a Little Bit to Heal from My Divorce I hate to break it to you, honey, but healing will not just happen on its own. Again, time itself does not make everything automatically better. In...
by Elisabeth | Aug 14, 2020 | dating, divorce, healing
The first few minutes, hours, and days will envelop you like a fog, whether you’re the leaver or the left. Trust me. I stood there before the bench and heard the judge ask my spouse, “Is your marriage irretrievably broken?” and I heard this response: “Yes.” And in...
by Elisabeth | Aug 7, 2020 | divorce, faith, healing
Though I don’t believe that prayer is like having a genie in a bottle grant you all your wishes, I do believe that prayer is mysterious and even magical in its own way. It connects us to Something bigger and outside ourselves, to Someone in control of all the things...
by Elisabeth | May 5, 2020 | Church, difficult marriage, divorce, friendship, pain, single moms
This post is for anyone who has a friend (or small group member or congregant or neighbor or family member) who is living in a difficult Christian marriage, or who is going through a divorce, or who is a single mom. You want to help her. You want to support her. But...
