When You’re Doing The Survival Crawl
I have lived near the ocean for most of my life. I love the water, especially the Gulf of Mexico. With the waves lapping the surface over and over and a horizon that stretches on and on; here I am…
I have lived near the ocean for most of my life. I love the water, especially the Gulf of Mexico. With the waves lapping the surface over and over and a horizon that stretches on and on; here I am…
When we are plunged into the world of limbo, uncertainty, trauma, and fear, everything we thought we knew to be true tends to disappear. The future is hazy and uncertain. It seems to evaporate before our eyes. No longer do…
In December of 2016 I faced having Christmas in a post-infidelity world. I was still raw; I was only four months from D-day, and only two weeks from discovering who his affair partner was (one of my very closest friends)….
When my husband announced out of the blue on a sunny afternoon in August that he had not been faithful, I immediately went into shock. I did not know at the time that this was why I felt light-headed, had…
“You are not defined by your darkest hour. You are greater than what has been stolen from you. It is never too late to heal. It is never too late to make a fresh start. It is never too late…
Tonight I feel so lost. I feel so weighed down at all. Tonight feels like a really good night to address those deep dark fears. One day I feel so positive, so in control of my life and future, like…
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…