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.
Crystal Kearney
My First marriage i was 24 years old, I was young I was in love he made me happy at the time. But then, when we got married, he turned it to Jekyll Mr. Hyde. I didn’t know who I married. I marriage didn’t make it to our one year anniversary. I divorced him that was the best decision I ever made. I had turned 25 then overcoming my divorce felt like death because it was my first marriage. It was supposed to be everlasting.You live and you learn, I don’t regret anything, because if you say you regret something, how will you learn from it, but how I overcame my divorce? I got closer to God I had my children. I had my family. I had my friends I started smiling more. I started hanging out with my girlfriends more. I started living life I had to get my self-esteem back. I had to get my joy back I had to get my life back , I had to Heal again, I had to get back on track, I started writing again, and I started writing poems again, and I started being the entrepreneur of autism advocate again. Most of all I started being. “ME” again I do see myself getting remarried again yes, when God says the time is right and I’m 35 years old now I’ve been single over eight years. Read more>>
Audrey Heine
I had been with my ex since we were 17. We got married at 20 and were married for 25 years. All I ever wanted to be was a wife and stay at home mom. I was blessed to be able to do just that. We had our roles, he was the money, bills, cars and outside of the house. I was the kids, and took care of inside the house and all that came with that. Life was good, then life became an unknown adventure. Having faith in God, when he uttered the words I want a divorce, the first thing that came out of my mouth was Ok, I know God loves me and has a plan and if He is moving me out of the only thing I’ve ever wanted to be I can’t even fathom what is in store. It was hard in the beginning. I had never even paid bills. I had never really worked, sure, I had volunteered with a lot of organizations, but little did I know that when I went to look for a job they wanted job experience where I received a check. So I tried school. That wasn’t great and ended up quitting. So the opportunity presented itself to restart my Meal Prep company and just recently open a Commercial Kitchen. Never in my wildest dreams did I even think this is where I would be at the age of 53. I had lived a predictable life up to this point. To be living a daily adventure is super scary and I really feel as though I don’t know what I’m doing. But I do what God puts in front of me to do each day and it never fails somehow I keep going. My new motto is go big or go homeless. Read more>>
Dustin Bergmann
When I first got married, I was actively pursuing my dream as a filmmaker. I had started a production company, my wife came on board as a producer, and we were in development on a feature film. During the pre-production phase my wife lost her father, and we found out we were having a baby. Realizing that I was needed full time at home, and that working in the film industry is not always steady money, I decided to put the filmmaking career on hold and focus on my family. Read more>>
