Infidelity is very painful but some couples do work through it, reconcile and subsequently have very strong marriages. That's not the case when you discover your spouse's infidelity involves child abuse. Nobody stays married to a pedophile. Debbie had been married for about six years when she first discovered her husband had been unfaithful. Her natural instinct was to work … [Read more...]
A Marriage Unravels
Today, I'm starting a new series with Debbie who blogs at My Everyday Journey. Debbie is a lifestyle blogger, blogging about things like her son's first day back at school, their summer vacation - everyday events that single moms like you and me deal with all the time, except that Debbie's story isn't an everyday story. Debbie was married for about six years when she … [Read more...]
Your First Responsibility Is To Yourself
In this series, Susan has been sharing her story of her marriage of twenty-two years to a man with combat PTSD and the realization that she was the key to fixing her husband. That didn't mean fixing his brain injuries. It meant fixing herself - she had to stop seeing herself as a victim and recognize that she had a responsibility to take care of herself first. In this last … [Read more...]
Separated But Waiting To Divorce
Susan, you may remember has been separated from her husband for five years and she doesn't plan on initiating the legal paperwork to get divorced for about another year when her youngest child will turn eighteen. I keep seeing articles about Couples Breaking Up ... But Staying Together that suggest the trend may be a sign of our current economic climate. That's partly true … [Read more...]
There’s No Fixing This Marriage
Susan was with her husband for 22 years and separated five years ago at the of age 47. Her husband battled combat PTSD from Vietnam and brain injuries following car accidents in 2000 and 2003. Clearly, the marriage had had it difficulties and stresses for a number of years and Susan started to recognize it was an unhealthy marriage. So what was it that made Susan say enough? … [Read more...]