by Elisabeth | Sep 21, 2023 | divorce, emotions, healing, heart, pain
{originally written after my first post-divorce heartbreak, before I met my now-husband} I have said more times than I can count that this man who I fell in love with is a good man. And he is. And yet, there is this one little piece that, if given too much weight, has...
by Elisabeth | Mar 3, 2020 | emotions, faith, healing, heart, pain, redemption, wholeness
Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? -Mary Oliver This post will be rambly and winding and it will not be pretty and it will not wrap up with three easy steps to anything. These things are recent and these things are current. And I am scared...
by Elisabeth | Jun 27, 2014 | emotions, heart, wholeness
I had a thing happen between me and another person. I did something that damaged the relationship. This other person let me know what I had done wrong in ways that really threw me. I felt shame. I felt guilt. I felt remorse. I felt sorrow. I cried for about an...
by Elisabeth | Jun 18, 2014 | dating, emotions, faith, heart
From a reader, “I keep hearing how I’m supposed to protect my heart yet I’m also encouraged to have an open heart. How do I do both at the same time?” Well, I think we’ve firmly established that I’m no heart protection expert. I gave mine away in this last...
by Elisabeth | Jun 4, 2014 | dating, emotions, healing, heart, wholeness
So, Monday, I posted this on my Facebook writer page: And one commenter asked, “How does one know when they have?” It was such an excellent question that I thought I’d try to address it here. I don’t know how anyone but me knows such things, but here’s what happened...