Divorce and Christian Dilemma

 

It's 2023. A few purchased my book (pictured above) when it was first published for free on Amazon. Since then, there's been no traction. Yet I feel I need it read. I need some validation for my journey through separation and divorce as a Christian woman. 

Yes, it is the first memoir I've written. But not the first writing project I've done. But advertising a book and keeping my identity anonymous is very difficult. If you're reading this, please share about my blog and book. 

I chose the photo on the cover because it reminded me of Randy. His ugly belt. Him pathetically bringing me a bouquet of flowers as he tried to manipulate me to stay attached to him. It reminds me of the time he flew down a hill running toward my car as I was leaving the parking lot. He had flowers in hand. I told him to keep them and drove away. 

I'd agreed on a meetup and, once again, he didn't have the details right because he never really cared about what I said. I'd waited an extra half hour past our meetup time and decided he was a no-show as usual. So I left. And as I did I saw his scrawny body running toward me calling out for me to stop. It was pathetic. 

Read my story here: 

An On-and-Off Again Relationship isn't What God had in Mind for Marriage

 A friend of mine was beside herself when her 21-year old Christian daughter announced she was engaged. I know the feeling. I went into panic when my own daughter said she was planning to marry the boy she was dating. 

Now, that same young girl is battling an on-and-off again relationship with the man she married. I can relate to what she might be thinking, feeling, dealing with. I was there too as a young twenty-something-year old Christian married woman whose husband wanted her in his life but didn't want to be married. 

This young woman was on my mind when I wrote my memoir, No More Games, When Christian Faith and Marriage Collide: a Memoir. 

I suppose I shouldn't presume I know what she's dealing with. Her situation may be similar to what I went through in part, or it may be completely different. Nevertheless, it's time we talk about the deep pain some of us face as innocent young girls marrying the wrong man. The dissolution of a marriage is seldom easy, but sometimes, ultimately necessary. (Click the photo for the link to purchase.)