Forgiveness. Oh boy. This is such a loaded topic for me. I’ve always thought of myself as someone who was pretty good at forgiving. I’m not a grudge holder. I’ve always been grateful for the doctrines of repentance and forgiveness….
It was August, and we had just celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary three months earlier. From the outside, everything in our life looked positive. His business was doing well, our children were happy in school and outside activities, I was…
First, I have to apologize for the hiatus in writing. I think of it often, but I had a child I just sent out on a mission, and that has been consuming my life for the last two months. Finally…
There was this moment when my husband said something so crazy, so bizarre, so nonsensical that I was absolutely sure in that moment that aliens had stolen him and replaced his soul with someone different. Someone that looked just like…
I have been taking advantage of downtime in the summer to work on projects around the house that have been nagging at me. Tasks that have felt like burdens sitting on my shoulders. I have gotten so much done and…
There is a great irony that five years ago I would have told you I really knew my husband and we had a good marriage. I’m not kidding. I groan at the memory, and I have to admit I’m a…
I posted an image today with the following words: “A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because her trust is not on the branch but on it’s own wings. Always believe in yourself.” I…
A few weeks ago my husband and I ended our therapeutic separation and came back together. Ay yi yi. I am a still somewhat of a mess, but after all this work, I have learned to accept that and be…
I began this journey with pretty much no resources. Church leadership who meant well but didn’t know how to offer support and met with us individually or together almost never. Mostly terrible experiences with LDS therapy, and thankfully God ended…
It is an absolute positive if your spouse chooses to repent and clean up their life. I remember on the night my husband was excommunicated (man, it’s still hard to type that), I kneeled on my son’s bedroom floor sorting…
Hi! This is where I blog about how the effects of infidelity converge with being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Read More
Jane
