Considering Forgiveness
“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 …
Category: Domestic Violence
Suppertime with Little Wife
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, …
Little Wife Begins to Wake Up
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 …
The Beginning of a Little Wife
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 …
Justice for the Oppressed
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 …
Little Wife and the Churchy People
Once upon a time, when Little Wife was married to her first husband Freddie, they decided that they should be going to church with their many beautiful children. It’s just not easy raising a family these days, and Freddie agreed …
Little Wife Gets A Little Smaller
Little Wife wasn’t always little. She remembered a day when she stood tall, slim and proud in her lacy Victorian wedding dress. She remembered being pretty and funny, clever and smart. She was confident in herself and sure of her …
Little Wife in the Night by Natalie Frame
Little Wife crawled into the super-sized, California King-sized bed. Because the bed was pushed up snugly next to the wall, and the ceiling came down at an extremely sharp angle, she had to crawl into the bed from the bottom. …
I’m Leaving You for Me
En Espanol Te dejo por mi Has there ever been a time in your life where you’ve felt that you’ve lost who you are? Lost everything you’ve built. I mean, the dreams you once had are gone. The person who …
I Was Once a Pastor’s Wife Part 4 of 4
I Was Once a Pastor’s Wife Part 3 of 4 Una vez fui la esposa de un pastor Parte 4 de 4 What do you think of this story so far? How would you address the issues this young lady …