3 years ago, I decided to separate from my husband. It was a surprisingly easy decision. I wanted to reclaim my independence; expand my social circles and reconnect with people from the past. I just couldn’t make those things happen while hitched to my hubby. And so I did it. With a few clicks of…
Fear almost cost me my marriage. No, divorce was never an option; at least in the legal sense. But we were divorced in an emotional sense. Did you know that you can be emotionally divorced from your spouse? When trust is injured, vulnerability wounded and intimacy scarce, emotional divorce occurs. Like a small turtle who crept out of his…
Listen, I know how hard it is to stay pure before marriage. Been there and never want to go back. Guess what? Its even harder when you’re engaged! You want to talk about blurred lines? Somehow that rock on your finger grays the black and white, stokes the shared fires of passion and untames the sexual…
There are some things I say to my husband in anger or frustration that even make me cringe! In the fires of impulsivity, emotions rage and words fly. Certain phrases seem to slip out undetected and unannounced, without forethought or deliberation. Regret immediately surges through me and I automatically wish I would’ve just kept my…
We’ve all heard the tongue clucking tale of the jittery bride who exchanges her stilettos for sneakers and high-tales it out of the sanctuary before she can even catch a glimpse of her groom’s puppy dog eyes and wanton lips! Perhaps some of us more battle weary brides are no longer clucking our tongues but…
