by Duffy Betterton | Apr 2, 2025 | Child of Divorce
I saw in my daughter that she was willing to engage in a debate and healthy conversation because she wasn’t threatened that the relationship will end if they disagree. On the opposite side her boyfriend came from a divorced family that continues to struggle with...
by Duffy Betterton | Apr 2, 2025 | Child of Divorce
The short answer is yes. For your good and for His Glory. I know this is not what you want to hear. Let’s look at this together and see why. Believe me I know that it feels safer to not forgive that parent. The hurt and anger have become a safeguard to keep you from...
by Duffy Betterton | Apr 2, 2025 | Child of Divorce
This is a hard question to answer without knowing all of your details. My own parents’ divorces tells me that it’s not that my parents didn’t love me. The truth is they didn’t always choose my best interest. The pain and fear in their lives clouded the way they...
by Duffy Betterton | Apr 2, 2025 | Child of Divorce
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
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
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,...
