one wife’s journey through her husband’s sexual addiction to wholeness and healing
When we left our home state, we had filmed our “story” - at least, in part. Our church used our video (about a 5 minute clip) as part of a series called FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. Some of the topics in the series included “How Can I Know the Bible is True?” and “How [...]
We are settling in to our new location and decorating our apartment. It’s been a solid 15 yrs since I’ve lived in an apartment - there are definitely things I like (not having to do the maintenance ourselves) and things I’m not so crazy about (hearing the dog upstairs run around like a maniac at [...]
I have been insanely busy lately - my apologies for not writing for the past 6+ weeks. We are preparing to move across country and needless to say, my time is more than well-spoken for right now. This is the last day before the moving truck arrives and as I look around the house, I [...]
One of the blogs in my RSS reader is “Signs of a Struggle,” where Thom relates his challenges with SGA. I appreciate Thom’s writing and his candor about his struggle. A while ago, he wrote about a church in Midland, Texas called Stonegate Fellowship and their Cross Power Ministries Marriage Conference. This Southern Baptist church [...]
I read on Charisma’s website that Gayle Haggard has a new book out. Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made In My Darkest Hour is definitely on my “to read” list, but what is fascinating to me is how many people either have judged or will judge her without understanding her story. They lack [...]
Sting wrote the song “If You Love Someone (Set Them Free)” in 1985 in response to the popularity of the previous Police hit “Every Breath You Take,” which was not a love story as the public took it, but the story of a stalker watching and obsessing over his prey. He was chagrined at how [...]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
Turn and face the strange
(Ch-ch-Changes)
Don’t want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
Turn and face the strange
(Ch-ch-Changes)
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time
David Bowie’s song “Changes” from the “changesONEbowie” album of 1984 seems to explain much of our lives right now. I’m pretty sure it’s not how Bowie intended [...]
So apparently, the Haggards have been in the media lately - they did a documentary with a pay-per-view cable company, were on “Oprah,” and have been written up in various magazines, newspapers, and the rest. I’m relatively unplugged from the mainstream media, but one thing that I do read with semi-regularity is Charisma magazine, [...]
We saw our therapist this week - it’s been a solid 2 months since we’ve seen him, due to scheduling conflicts. At our last appointment, he referred us to the Theophostic facilitator, we were spiritually attacked in his parking lot, and in the ensuing weeks, we discovered the truth about my husband’s CSA & [...]
We have a family of foxes living in our backyard. Yep, it’s like Animal Planet over here - rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, a groundhog, deer, and now a mama fox & 4 kits. It’s cool to watch, no question - but it’s also brought a bit more clarity to the Scriptural idea of “little [...]
