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Day 8 – Shuffling off to Treatment

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Day 8

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I’m sorry. 

So, SO sorry. 

I’m apologizing in advance for this longest post to date.  There was a lot to cover and I didn’t want to break up the content into two separate posts.

So grab a cuppa’ Joe, sit for a spell, and let’s continue our story.

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Day 7 – Back to the Future

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Day 7

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NOTE: Early on in this series I said that it wasn’t a “tell-all” story, and that while my story is mine to tell, the stories of others who might be hurt in the telling are not.  This post contains details about my husband Kelly and his struggles. He has given me permission to share this.  In fact, ever since we started speaking about our story together publicly he has told me that I am free to share anything that might be of help to others.

Remember the post traumatic stress index test that I mentioned a couple of days ago?  My husband and I have always known that we are similar in many ways, one of which is the big need for love and admiration. No surprise then that this was a high score on the test for both of us.  This need can be terribly destructive.

Yes, I married the man whom I supposedly set my cap for and with the whole church debacle behind us we began our lives together feeling like the Helen Reddy song, You and me Against the World, was our theme.  

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Day 6 – Stones of Remembrance

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Day 6

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Are you ready for a break from the heaviness of my past few posts?  I know I am!

I ended yesterday’s post talking about stones, and how God wants to use the stones that have been thrown at us to build a strong foundation for the future.  Over the years God has turned the core of my pain into the core of my purpose, and that has made me grateful (I’m thankful for all things eventually) for any stones once thrown my way.

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Day 5 – Taking a Step Backwards

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Day 5

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The last couple of days I’ve shared my tale of marriage, divorce, and being unfriended by the church, but that isn’t the beginning of who I am.  Let’s take a step backwards to childhood.

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Day 4 – Unfriended by the Church

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Day 4

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Betrayal by a friend – Sunday morning and I’d stayed home from church. Again. Around noon, when the then-husband walked in the door I knew immediately that I was in trouble. He’d learned in church that my friend, the women’s leader, had gone to the elders and told them she’d had “a word from the Lord” that I was going to leave my marriage.

Yes, I answered, it was true, but the informant hadn’t been given “a word from the Lord,” only a word from my lips.

Outrage Ensued.

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