Where is the church?

by | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce

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,...

Why is Family not helping?

by | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce

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...

Why can’t they make it work?

by | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce

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...

What could I have done to save it?

by | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce

As a teenager and as a college age student and even as an adult I asked this question. Not so much as a child because I didn’t know enough at three and five to make those decisions. But as an adult I wondered what I could have done even as a child.  Is there...

Was it my fault?

by | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce

Is/Was it my fault? First let me say this it’s not your fault – it’s just not. People are sinners and we live in a fallen world. Divorce is a result of broken relationships. It’s not your fault. There’s not anything that you could have...

My story as a Child of Divorce

by | Oct 28, 2024 | Child of Divorce

I am a child of divorce. I have been through my parents’ divorces in almost every stage of life. 4 times. Age 5, 18, 30 something x2 It was not fun at any age. Every broken relationship leaves a mark. First Divorce as a small child. My birth parents separated when I...