Marriage and Divorce

I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat, I just could not concentrate on any thing. It was just so hurting. A broken heart can take your chance for love away! I remember back then, when my heart was broken, chattered into pieces…
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I would like to be able to tell you that I don’t think much about Emily, that the thoughts no longer sting. It has been a bit over four months, after a relationship that lasted more than seven years. But…
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Marriage isn’t what is used to be. The word divorce is thrown around in common conversation these days. These days statistics show that close to 70% of all marriages end in divorce. That’s pretty sad. It wasn’t like that back…
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That cool old foreign flick, with Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren, Marriage Italian Style, can only be topped by the entrepreneurial spirit of this clever photographer’s idea to offer something new and different to his clientele suffering from divorce, Italian…
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It’s a brave new world in which we live. Relationships are more complex than ever. It seems hard enough to maintain balance in a healthy one, let alone a relationship that has gotten a little or a lot rocky. None…
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Trusting In God For Your Marriage Who are you trusting in when things go wrong in your marriage? Are you trusting in self, or perhaps you go running to family and friends, explaining your side of the story? Some of…
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“Finding yourself” When it comes to divorce there is no easy way to look at it. After so many years with someone you become part of them and grow your life within someone else and the things you do in…
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I once had such a great understanding and love of the word “marriage”. Even as a child I promised myself that once I did find the right man I would be married for the rest of my life. I come…
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I was huddled under a blanket, shivering in mid-July. The daunting decision before me had pulled me in every direction. It left me cold, weak and physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually ill. Divorce was never on my list of long-term…
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When my husband left me for another man, I all but lost my mind. I asked all the questions about what was wrong with me, lost sleep over the life that had been destroyed, and cried over losing everything we…
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In our day, divorce has become so socially acceptable that, when problems arise in a marriage, it is often viewed as the first, and sometimes only, option. But is it the right option? I thought it was for me. About…
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A marriage is the joining of a man and woman acknowledged by God. It is understood that they will stay committed to each other with mutual love and respect forever. Lack of willingness to stay committed in a marriage, resulting…
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Life after Divorce: Will I Ever Love Again? The short answer to this question is probably yes. However you have to adjust to your situation and work your way through the emotions of splitting up before you will be able…
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Remember the Christian wedding vows “..for better or for worse” surely it depicts that marriage will not always be a smooth sailing. The couple should expect the ups and down of their marriage life as normal. There is no perfect…
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Suddenly, you are alone. The kids are grown and gone or maybe you don’t have children. At any rate you suddenly find yourself alone. After your work day, after your outings with friends or family you are most definitely alone….
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Divorce is a hard thing to deal with. There are almost always emotions that go from one end of the spectrum clear over to the other. This is because there is never a marriage that is all bad, or all…
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Out of every 1,000 marriages, nearly four will end in divorce before the seven year mark, or so says the United States Census Bureau. But numbers and statistics don’t provide an accurate picture of the reality of divorce, and there…
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I knew the marriage was over when my counselor asked me if I loved him. Without hesitation my answer was no. Wow. I said that out loud. That is the exact moment I knew it was really over. I still…
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Divorce is an awful name, it does no where near sum up the changes it has on life. I was married for 15 years and my ex-husband and i was inseparable. Doing everything together and even working alongside each other…
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There is Life After Divorce In this ever fast-paced changing world, it is no surprise that divorce is on the increase and no one is immune. It happened to me four years ago. No warning, or so I thought, no…
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When a relationship dies it is from indifference and lack of care. Each party retreats into their own friendships and relationships. When one party crosses that line and takes over the family of the other party in the separation, there…
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You would think a marriage would be rock solid if it had lasted almost forty four years, but you would be wrong. Two months before our forty fourth wedding anniversary our marriage crashed and burned. This was not the result…
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I do not want to claim that I am an expert, yet, the reality check is undeniably this: “been there, done that”; not once, but, twice. Had I known my fate beforehand, I would never have gotten married in the…
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After seventeen years of marriage, it all ended. I was married to a man that I thought would be “Mr. Right.” It turned out differently than expected. For the first thirteen years of our married life, we were happy and…
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Look for the Fear Behind Other People’s Attempts to Control You Instead of getting irritated with someone who tries to control you, try to understand the fear that motivates that person’s behaviour. If you can soothe those fears, the control…
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The Time For a Divorce? The title itself sounds too easy as if, deciding when a relationship is over, is anything except an easy conclusion. Marriage for me is a long one, but with divorce rate being high, it is…
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Assuming your sanity was intact before the creepingdread, which lurked in the back of your mind, came tothe forefront. You must now face the reality that youweren’t being paranoid and you can no longer pretend,there’s nothing wrong. Maintaining your sanity…
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Divorce. The Big D. Webster defines divorce as, “the action or an instance of legally dissolving a marriage.” I am facing a divorce in the coming weeks, but the legal wrangling has not even started yet. It’s not something I…
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Rules for Separation seems like an oxymoron. Since when does anything in life come with a manual? And most particularly the painful experiences, do not come with any rules. It seems like it is a ‘winner take all’ mentality that…
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Being the ex in-law is still the same for me. The break up of the relationship changes nothing but the sex between him and I. I am still very much welcome to everyone homes. My ex in-laws still introduces me…
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