Two weeks ago, my husband passed away. I’ve hesitated to share this because, for a while, I had no words. But now, in the stillness of being alone, the quiet is helping me find my voice again. I chose to spend a month in Scotland to heal after his death. I needed space. I needed […]
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Sometimes, I felt like I was losing my mind during affair recovery. One day, I could barely get out of bed, let alone go to work, be a mom, or even take a shower. Then, the next day, I’d feel almost normal—maybe even a little happy. I was all over the place, caught between devastation
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This is the second post in a series I’m writing on grief. If you haven’t read my first post, I encourage you to do so before diving into this one. While this series focuses on grief, it also addresses the challenges of affair recovery—a journey I know all too well. When my husband reconnected with
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This post (and the few following posts) are about recovering from infidelity and navigating grief—but more than anything, they are about the messy, heartbreaking journey of grief itself. In early 2017, I discovered my husband had reconnected with his affair partner. Shortly after, we separated, and on February 7, 2017, he moved into an apartment
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My son has always needed to know what’s coming next. When he was little we had to literally give him a step-by-step agenda of where we were going, what we were doing, and how long we’d be there. He needed the comfort of knowing what to expect. If he didn’t have that assurance he was
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I watched a fantastic interview with Brene Brown today that sparked my curiosity around the root of resentment. I had always felt that resentment was an outcome of unresolved anger. And, perhaps to some degree it could be. But, Brene shared her theory that resentment forms out of our envy for another person. And, that
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Years ago, our teenage daughter got us hooked on an MTV show called Catfish. As you can see from Urban Dictionary’s definition, this show follows hosts that help people find out if they are being “catfished” and who the “catfish” really is. It seems to be an emotional roller coaster for the victim as they find out
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