Relationships

"Anxiety isn’t obvious. It doesn’t outwardly scream 'I’m anxious.' It comes out in ways that are confusing to others and confusing to us."

And please- Don’t ever think that you will change the heart of a man that is not these things. You can’t. You won’t.

Recently, however, I decided that I don’t want to wait until marriage...

"I was jolted awake to my disappointment. The side of the bed to my left was empty. In fact it was untouched. That side of the bed was still tidily made, and that told me two things. One, I really had slept like a rock. And two, my husband had not come to bed at all last night. I wasn’t surprised one bit."

There's lots of advice out there—but you don't wanna miss this. Trust me.

I shuddered on that floor counting my breaths, bringing myself back from the brink of suffocation...

"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.