Some marriages last a year and others last decades – but from what we’ve seen, divorces are always difficult. It’s often disruptive emotionally, socially, financially and the emotional wounds can leave us less ready to take on challenges right when we need that strength the most. In an effort to help those going through divorce or separation, we have put together stories from others who have gone through divorce.

Keneshia Flemmings

In reflecting on the turbulence and the upheaval I faced during my separation in my marriage and ultimately the divorce, I learned that if we make someone else the center of our lives, when things fall apart so will we. I made my ex-husband, the pursuit of building a beautiful home and a family my center and the bottom fell out. That unfortunate choice left me broken, alone, and struggling to take care of my young toddler. But my resilient core would not allow me to give up even on the days when I questioned myself, my reason for living, my current state and my future.  Read More>>

Terri Webster

I was 28 years old when I went through a divorce. I’d married my high school sweetheart at 19, and we lived in Germany for 3 years. He was in the Army. We had our son over there.

A year after we returned to the states i accepted Jesus as my Savior and my life flipflopped from drinking, and smoking pot, to a life filled with Jesus. We bought a house in small town Georgia and started going to church at a small Calvary Chapel. Several months later my husband also got saved. Read More>>

Elicia Moore-Hill

Marriage was supposed to be a partnership, a bond built on love and commitment. But I soon realized my now ex-husband was only in love with the idea of marriage—not with me. I was faced with a choice that would alter the course of my life forever: stay where I was tolerated but never truly accepted, or step into the unknown, embracing the discomfort of choosing myself every single day. Read More>>

Katie Glusica

All relationships come with risks. In the U.S. 1 in 3 women will experience domestic abuse, but no one teaches you what that looks like and how that starts. I was able to safely break the cycle of domestic abuse in my marriage with support and guidance from the amazing people at The Women’s Center in Tysons, VA. The hardest part to overcome was other people’s reactions to calling abuse by its name. Some people understood without question and others found it a challenge to the status quo and their own controlling behaviors or were just dismissive.  Read More>>