She sat across from me, shades hiding the pain and hurt in her eyes, but emotion escaped through her broken voice. He’s cheating on me. I knew it. I’ve had suspicions and believed it for a long time, but now I have proof. He didn’t deny it. What do I do now? Where do I…
Recently a young friend, a fairly new friend, stood within the circle as four of us discussed the hurdles and highpoints of marriage. All of us, except for Ellie, are married to Army officers and were looking forward to a brief season of reprieve as scheduled leave drew near. We were being vulnerable, recalling couple…
I married a missionary kid. Growing up, I knew a few PKs (preacher’s kids) who, by the time they got to high school, threw their upbringing to the wind and decided to see what they’d been missing. I’d seen some turn their back on God and those sacred traditions that strengthen and support our faith….
“Men are never sure,” he told me. “In fact, you’ll never fully understand how unsure and insecure men really are.” I looked down into the face of experience—70-years-married experience, come Christmas Day 2014. He looked terribly uncomfortable laying there in the hospital bed, propped up at an awkward angle to favor his new right hip….
I wasn’t being nosy. I didn’t even ask. In fact, it started with a casual conversation about our dogs, and somehow we got all the way around to his admission, “Well, I used to have a family.” In the course of seven brief minutes, in the hospital corridor, this complete stranger unveiled pieces of his…
