by Norma | Feb 12, 2018 | comfort zone, divorce, faith, Fear
The flood of tears that occured when I filed for a temple divorce in 2014 could have filled the bathtub a dozen times. I didn’t want a divorce, but felt deeply prompted that keeping the union between my first husband and myself wasn’t going to do either...
by Norma | May 19, 2017 | Fear, healing, trauma
Letter to Fear DEAR FEAR: This past month I have been blinded and afraid to write because of you. I have been afraid of judgment. I have wondered if the words I have spoken here will be used against me when it comes to future jobs to my future life. You did exactly...
by Norma | Apr 14, 2017 | Fear, God, lies, opposition
Midnight had long since passed. I sat on the floor my legs curled up in front of me. So tired, and yet unable to sleep. The silence of the night making me nervous, the tick of the clock in the distance keeping time for the unknown. I had no idea where he was, what...
by Norma | Mar 27, 2017 | Emptiness, Fear, Self Care, shame
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt stuck? Paralysed? Unable to move forward or backward? Fear finding its way deep inside of you. For years after my sin my husband held power over me, 10 years to be exact. A power that made me feel so petrified that...
by Norma | Nov 23, 2016 | Butterfly Effect, Comparison, Emptiness, Faulty Core Beliefs, Fear
“I claim no right to myself, no right to this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me…… I have given myself clear away (to God) and not retained anything of my own.” ~Jonathan Edwards Over and over again I find this quote to...
by Norma | Nov 7, 2016 | Addiction, betrayal, Fear, suffering, trauma
I was standing in my in-laws kitchen when it all came into the light. She told me that she thought he was losing it, she smiled, “He has been sending me crazy messages about you.” She stood over the kitchen sink preparing dinner and I froze. She continued….. “grab my...
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