I was excited to connect with Jennifer Cole on Chasing Hard Podcast. We talked a lot about betrayal trauma. “Jennifer has extensive training and has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS). She is an Energy Leadership Index: tm:️ Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) and is also … Read more
This article first appeared in The Southeast Outlook: Faith to do it anyway. Sometimes I think I try to fit Jesus into my world instead of fitting into His. It’s sort of like me letting Him be a part of my everyday life. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but what if He wants me … Read more
I have great news to share today! You are not just the wife of an addict. The sum of your life is not the situations you have experienced. You are more than the dysfunction. You are more than the things you have survived. You are more. What were you like as a little girl? Who … Read more
To the wife in a difficult marriage, You are in my thoughts. You are on my heart. You are where I have been and I feel your pain and loneliness. Actually, I was attempting to go to sleep, just nestling in when the words of my therapist came rushing into my mind and I know … Read more
The pastor of our church taught a three-part series on marriage a while back. It was a good series, but I experienced feelings of frustration as I listened, as I often do when the topic is marriage. Don’t get me wrong, what the pastor had to say was good, however, the message was for the general … Read more
Seven years ago, my family and I moved into a house in a neighborhood with a venue, which is most often used for weddings. I have written about this before, but with a different bent in Wedding Venue. The wedding season has begun and Saturday was picture perfect. My house sits at a vantage point (or … Read more
Have you ever hear of the phrase “in the cracks”? Let me give you a point of reference. Some of my writer friends who feel called to write, sometimes say they have to find the time to write. It feels like they write in the cracks. That’s what living in the cracks feels like. What this … Read more
Do you like weddings? I am not a fan. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the institute of marriage. I do. Marriage was God’s idea, so it’s a good thing, but I still don’t like weddings. And here’s the rub, right across the street from my house is a venue most often used for weddings… … Read more
Seven years ago, my family and I moved into a house in a neighborhood with a venue, which is most often used for weddings. I have written about this before, but with a different bent in Wedding Venue. The wedding season has begun and Saturday was picture perfect. My house sits at a vantage point … Read more
Seven years ago, my family and I moved into a house in a neighborhood with a venue, which is most often used for weddings. I have written about this before, but with a different bent in Wedding Venue. The wedding season has begun and Saturday was picture perfect. My house sits at a vantage point … Read more