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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
I am a broken child of God. A child who found herself, reduced to nothing but soul, after 19 years marriage. I survived the betrayal of infidelity. I survived divorce! I survived losing a man that I dearly loved! I have faced my worst fears and through the deep roots that God gave me I survived. This is my story, my journey to find my own healing and peace.
I am excited because I get to write the ending of my story and I'm determined that It will be beautiful!
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In April 2013 my husband of 18 years walked out the door. In June I took my boys to Disney Land. I was struggling and feeling despair. I decided that when life was failing me, why not go to the happiest place on earth and try to make something beautiful. It was a defining moment that empowered me. If I could manage a 7 day trip to Disney Land by myself with an 8,6, and 2 year old, I could do anything.
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My name is Norma Zaugg, In 2013 I found myself in a counselors office lost and broken. I was a shell of a person, my identity nearly gone. The months that followed would be the hardest of my life. As I came out of the shadows I discovered that my husband of 19 years was a sex addict. This is the story of my fight through betrayal, codependancy, divorce and my ongoing trauma. I will survive....I get to write the ending of my story and I am determined that it will be beautiful.