betrayal

By: redtentwomen July 25, 2022June 23, 2022

Day to Day, Faith, Monthly Themesbetrayal, Complex Trauma, Marín Sommerfeld, Recovery from Abuse, Recovery from childhood sexual abuse, Sexual Addition9 Comments

On a residential street lined with leafless trees, I had just reached my car, feeling relaxed from a massage, when my phone rang. My husband was coming home. He worked so much my heart leapt. Maybe we’d get take-out and watch a movie as we snuggled up. Yanked from my reverie, I heard, “I’ve been…

Shame and Secrecy: Gone

By: redtentwomen May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

Day to Day, Faith, Femininity, relationshipsAdultery, Beth Moore, betrayal, Debra Wallace, Dignity, Divorce, Freedom, Proverbs 31 Bible Study, Proverbs 31:25, Recovery from Betrayal, Recovery From Divorce15 Comments

It was a Saturday like any other in San Antonio, Texas — a beautiful, blustery October morning in 2007, the perfect day for our family outing at the zoo — until I discovered a secret so painful, I nearly collapsed. D-Day, I called it. Discovery Day. The day I discovered my husband was leading a…

Breakups

By: redtentwomen May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

Day to Day, relationshipsAnna Smith, betrayal, Friendship, Lasting Friendship, Mending Broken Relationships3 Comments

During my tenth-grade year of high school, my best friend Brooke and I experienced the thrilling highs and devastating lows of dating relationships. Guys, at the time, were equally magical and unnerving, and we learned quickly that we needed a trustworthy gal pal to navigate the tricky waters of understanding guys. Together we made a…

Ragdoll Endurance

By: redtentwomen February 21, 2018February 22, 2018

Day to Day, Intentional LivingAt risk youth, betrayal, endurance, Fear, Grief, Loss, Loss of Community, Old Skool Cafe, Panic, suffering, Teresa Goines2 Comments

This past year has been one of the most challenging and painful years in my life. I felt like I was in a fierce storm being thrashed around like a little rag doll. For what seemed like eternity, all I could focus on was trying to survive one moment at a time. I felt deep betrayal, grief, fear,…

I Cannot Raise the Dead

By: redtentwomen May 26, 2017April 26, 2019

Day to Daybetrayal, How to Survive a Shipwreck, Hush Hush, Jonathan Martin, Loss, Moving, Nichole Nordeman, Tracy Johnson30 Comments

“The truth is something you already knew deep in your own bones: Your ship is sinking. The life you lived before is the life you live no longer. Your life feels like a funeral, because there is part of you that is actually dying.” Jonathan Martin How to Survive a Shipwreck Joe arrived at my…

This will not end well.

By: redtentwomen October 27, 2016October 23, 2016

relationshipsbetrayal, blended family, Death, Divorce, God, Grief, Healing, Hope, Love, Marriage, remarried, Renee Wurzer, true love, unexpected death6 Comments

We met in a bar after midnight.

F*n

By: redtentwomen May 23, 2016May 22, 2016

Day to DayAnxiety, Beauty, betrayal, Death, Friendships, Hope, Introversion, Katy Johnson, quiet, Self Kindness, self-care8 Comments

I was speeding down the freeway, headed to a go-kart driving, laser-tag shooting, pizza place explosion of preteen entertainment. I was late. I was ambivalent.