by Elisabeth | Feb 16, 2023 | emotions, faith, heart, wholeness
I wrote the following post towards the end of my first marriage. Part of me doesn’t even recognize let alone remember that version of me and the amount of pain I was living in. But when we are in pain, and when things don’t seem to be getting better for a...
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 | Feb 2, 2023 | emotions, faith, healing, heart, pain, wholeness
Back when my first marriage was hanging by a thread, had someone said to me, We need you to agree to the following: eight adults will know every detail of your life and marriage; you will have to meet with two counselors, two mentors and a mediator weekly, along with...
by Elisabeth | Jan 5, 2023 | abuse, emotions, healing, heart, judgment, pain, wholeness
For most of my life, I’ve felt just a tad less normal than most people. Less put together. Way needier. A huge disappointment. Less capable of taking care of myself. Not a grown-up. Weak. Lazy. Pretty much a screw-up. As if every day, at the end of my day, I could do...
by Elisabeth | Nov 10, 2022 | emotions, friendship, healing, heart, judgment, pain, wholeness
I dreamt that I ran into Beth Moore and she suggested we have a slumber party. Obviously. And as we were lounging around in our pink matching jammies (because why not?), she asked me, “If you could have anything in the world right now, what would it be?” My automatic,...
by Elisabeth | Oct 14, 2022 | emotions, friendship, healing, heart, wholeness
When I was in my 20s and 30s, I probably said about 75% of what I was thinking and kept 25% to myself. I was involved in so many conflicts at my church of 19 years that I jokingly said I should get a plaque for most Matthew 18s. I’m not sure why I felt I could say...
