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Category: Abusive Relationships

Enough is Enough for Little Wife

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated April 7, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, God's Faithfulness, Survivor No Comments

One Sunday morning, Little Wife and Big Man went to their church.  He gripped her hand tightly as they walked in and smiled brightly at the worshippers greeting them at the door. “Good morning!  Good morning!  Yes, isn’t it a …

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Considering Forgiveness

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated March 31, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Domestic Violence, God's Faithfulness No Comments

“After all he has done to me, how can I ever forgive him?” That’s a good question, one I hear often.  Yes, he has hurt you badly.  Yes, he has stolen so much from you.  You are heartbroken at the …

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Suppertime with Little Wife

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated March 24, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Coercive Control, Domestic Violence, Effects of Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse No Comments

On Monday, the Lord took away all of Little Wife’s cravings for drinking white wine, pink wine, red wine and everything else she drank for years.  She looked at the bottles of wine and felt nothing for them, no desire, …

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Little Wife Gets A Little Bigger

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated March 17, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Coercive Control, Emotional Abuse, Resources, Self-esteem No Comments

A very strange sensation came over Little Wife as she hung up the phone.  She felt a little taller.  She stood up a little straighter.  She smiled at the thought that she might be growing just a little bit.  The …

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Little Wife Begins to Wake Up

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated February 24, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Domestic Violence, God's Faithfulness No Comments

Little Wife peeked quickly at her phone on the countertop as she prepared breakfast for Big Man.  There was a message from a friend who she was not supposed to have any contact with.  Big Man had warned her not …

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The Beginning of a Little Wife

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated February 10, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Domestic Violence, Effects of Abuse, Psychological Wounds 2 Comments

Little Wife was looking in the old photo album the other day.  She usually loved to look at the pictures of when she and her friends were young children and teenagers.  What fun they had together, playing and running and …

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A New Year for Little Wife

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated January 13, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Coercive Control, Effects of Abuse, Shame No Comments

Little Wife set her empty wine glass on the kitchen table and gazed sadly out the window at the falling snow.  The weak mid-January sunlight filtered through the cold clouds barely reaching the ground before dissolving into another gray afternoon.  …

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A Little Wife Christmas

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated January 13, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Coercive Control, Emotional Abuse, Passive Agressive No Comments

“Hurry, hurry, hurry,” Little Wife whispered to herself.  With just two days left before Christmas, Little Wife was in a terrible bind.  She wanted to buy the perfect gift for Big Man, but the stores were all out of the …

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Little Wife’s Revenge

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated December 1, 2021 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Coercive Control, Effects of Abuse, Intuition, Psychological Wounds, Survivor No Comments

Little Wife truly didn’t intend to cause so much embarrassment and discomfort to Big Man.  She had a good heart and was only trying to be as helpful and loving as possible.  But sometimes things happen…. It was a sunny …

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Justice for the Oppressed

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated November 18, 2021 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Domestic Violence, God's Faithfulness, Spiritual Direction No Comments

I’ve been thinking much about justice this week.  I’ve encountered the justice system in two separate counties of Illinois and found great differences in how abused women were heard and helped.  There does not seem to be a standard of …

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