Josh Harris’s Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship was pretty formative for me back in 2000 when I read it. His 1995 short story “The Room” was also a favorite of mine (and a fascinating early example of a viral e-mail gone wrong). I did read I Kissed Dating Goodbye (1997), but it didn’t […] Read more…
Divorce
Book Review: Cheated On
Cheated On: The Divorce Minister Guide for Surviving Adultery and Keeping Your Faith by David Derksen [Divorce Minister: 2018] I divorced my husband for adultery in 2014. If you want to get more technical: I told my husband I wanted a divorce in 2013 and physically separated from him, but the actual divorce was filed […] Read more…
Tragedy + Time = Gratitude
15 years ago, I said, “I do.” 11 years later, I said, “No more.” Something stronger than pain engulfed me. Not just loss of happiness, but the loss of any sense of purpose. I had been Mrs. Interfaith Marriage for so long, I had no idea who I was or who I might be without […] Read more…
Review: The Five Love Languages
The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman [1995; Audiobook, July 2006] (Warning: Book Review + Relationship Autopsy ahead) A friend of mine recommended that I read this book shortly after my husband got together with the mistress that would end our marriage. She described Chapman’s theory to me in […] Read more…