One of the things I hated the most about surfing the Internet for advice was the “Jesus came and made everything better” sites. This was NOT my experience.
Please understand. I love Jesus, but after telling me to stay, He was completely and utterly silent.
God on Mute is a book by Pete Greig which I read [...]
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God on Mute
Posted in First weeks, tagged affair recovery on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Structural Changes
Posted in First weeks, tagged affair recovery on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mark and I made some significant structural changes to our lives in the first week.
We purchased seating for his office so that I could be welcome there. This required giving away about half of his book collection so shelves could go to make room for a loveseat. (This took away a lot of the stigma [...]
Marriage Boot Camp
Posted in First weeks, tagged affair recovery on May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jim–the guy from the Marriage Boot camp called while I was at Lisa’s. Mark’s and my cell phone numbers are close and I had accidentally given him Mark’s. The man said he had called Mark first and that he was very repentant. I don’t remember feeling anything about that. The emotions were so intense that [...]
The Early Days – What Helped
Posted in First weeks, tagged affair recovery on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I surfed the internet in the early days desperately looking for someone to tell me what to do–the reason for this post.
During the first few days, anything that made me feel pretty helped. New clothes. Pedicures. Long, hot baths.
An affair is a blow to your attractiveness of the worst kind. The best advice I can [...]
