Relationships

"My husband plain and simply doesn’t need me as much as my kids do... But at the end of the day, he deserves so much more than my leftovers."

The cost of depression to our family was too high. The risk of permanent damage to myself, our marriage, and our precious kids’ hearts was real. I was too weak to reach out for help, so he took authority and insisted on change.

You just start to get to know someone when you get pass the first couple of bumpy years. Even a decade down the road you don’t know them completely.

Whether those differences be spiritual, physical or mental, they are irrefutably noticeable in the way someone lives their life.

You will get a LOT of advice about what kind of man to marry. Take it from me, you want the guy who does this.

I was stressing at my husband via text message, then he fired back in ALL CAPS.

Could my once-celebrated introversion be a side effect of rejection, hurt feelings, and loss? After years of being left behind, excluded, or put down, did I put on a garment of introversion like a shield to protect me from harm? I mean, man can be cruel. Sometimes it’s easier to just avoid it altogether.

This is a strong commentary of what has become of sex in our society—and it rings tragically true.