by Elisabeth | Nov 14, 2024 | divorce, holidays
Welcome to the blog. Once a month, I’ll be sharing both something I’ve newly written and one of my most-read posts from the past dozen years. Hope you enjoy! -Elisabeth NEW POST: Gratitude Opportunity We all know that there is merit in counting our blessings, that joy...
by Elisabeth | Jun 13, 2024 | divorce, wholeness
Welcome to the new format of my blog. Once a month, I’ll be sharing both something I’ve newly written and one of my most-read posts from the past dozen years. Hope you enjoy this format! -Elisabeth NEW POST: What Should I Be Doing? My husband retired in March. At the...
by Elisabeth | Dec 7, 2023 | 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 | Nov 23, 2023 | 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 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...