Have you ever heard the story about the newlywed husband who invited his ex-girlfriend over when his wife was out? It’s a funny story. Or at least it is now, but when it actually happened to me, I did not find much humor in it at all. Less than six months into our marriage, my…
My husband and I were visiting his parents back when he and I were still just engaged. It was a normal visit, a normal day, a normal moment. The four of us walked along, talking about this and that, and my father-in-law cracked a joke. I stopped dead in my tracks. “What did you say?”…
I can’t do this anymore. Not one more day,” she said through bitter tears. “I’m done.” She took her ring off and surrendered it on the kitchen table, believing she was finally free. What happened to this marriage? I’m pretty sure her engagement didn’t include, “Will you marry me so we can get a divorce?”…
It was just another Saturday—full of arguments and disappointments. It’s not that my husband abused me or harassed me. In fact, it’s not that he did anything bad to me. It’s that he seemed to do nothing at all for me. Waking up early and indulging in Scripture was the one solace in my Saturdays….
