by Duffy Betterton | Apr 2, 2025 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home
Their hearts are so hard because they have gone into protective mode. It is a normal response when we are hurt, to put up walls and defend ourselves. No one wants to continue to be rejected and hurt so we close off the feelings and thoughts that we have so that the...
by Duffy Betterton | Apr 2, 2025 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home
Yes*. There was a time that your parents came together in dating or marriage because there was something that they not only liked about each other but they loved each other. Part of their deep pain now is the love that they had for each other in the past. When people...
by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home
All of these people in my life, and it didn’t matter whether it was Baptist, Presbyterian, or Lutheran. The denomination was irrelevant when it came time for all of my parents to go through a divorce. Almost no one from the church really stepped in and said,...
by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home
Honestly this is a hard one. I do not have the answer for this. I sure wish that I did. But there are definitely times in all of my parents divorces that I thought “Why is our family not participating?” or “Why didn’t their parents or aunts and uncles speak some...
by Duffy Betterton | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce - Redefining Home
This is a hard question for sure. Sometimes it feels like it’s not that they can’t but they won’t. It is hard work to be in a relationship. It is hard to trust someone with your heart, finances, and life etc.. It is often easier to build walls of protection but...
