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I’m asked often what books I would recommend for the situations I write about, so I’ve spent some time recently compiling a list of resources for women in difficult marriages, women who are separated or divorced, women who are single parenting, and for church leaders who wish to know ...
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There is a scene in the movie Poltergeist that keeps coming to my mind lately. Frightening, I know. The little girl has been sucked into the television, naturally, and one or both of the parents are going in after her. (My recollection is a bit vague as it’s been about ...
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I have a Word document on my computer simply entitled New Thing. This is what I do when I can tell something’s brewing but I don’t know what yet. It’s filled with some thoughts, some resources, some possible actions steps, and lots of “???”’s. I stumbled upon this quote and ...
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The aftereffects of living under abuse are long and complicated. It’s a bit like a brain tumor that has wrapped itself around the brainstem and all throughout your skull. There’s not just one easy way to undo all that’s been done. There’s no off switch. One of my bosses several ...
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I’ve been reading comments in my difficult-marriage Facebook page and some of them make me sick to my stomach, some of them scare me, some of them send me into flashbacks, and some of them leave me yelling in my head leave him! What these dear women who are trying ...
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Question (from Facebook group): “I am hitting a brick wall of exhaustion. What are the practical (and successful) ways you deal with it?” This question just popped up in the Facebook group this morning and it resonated with me deeply. Looking back, I believed I lived in a state ...
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Question: “Do you ever still lose it?” Umm, yeah. End of post. (J/K) So, I had a phone altercation recently that wasn’t pretty. As in, I scared my dog. Again. The good news is that I have had my dog for a year now, and I have only scared my ...
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Question: “My husband is an alcoholic. Should I tell my children about their father’s drinking?” This is such a sensitive subject, and there is no easy answer or once-size-fits-all solution for everyone, and this of course depends on how old your children are. But if your kids are in their ...
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“You have brought Satan here.” “I will take you down beyond all recognition.” “Why do you care if I disapprove of you??” These are words of death. These words were spoken to me and killed small pieces of my soul. I will never, ever forget these harsh, cruel words. A ...
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I had just finished laying out how we were going to handle grades for next quarter…the incentives and consequences that I thought I’d try. “I’m not going to participate in that,” my daughter said. She didn’t say it unkindly; she just didn’t agree with me. I see this daughter of ...