Elisabeth Klein

There is help. There is healing. There is hope. There is a community. If you are ready, the next step is waiting.

You’d think my trickiest mothering season would've been transitioning to a single mom. And yet, that was not the toughest stretch.

Church is a quirky thing. I love the Church and yet I have wrestled with the Church...especially when it comes to being single.

I am very aware that my kids will not be with me much longer. So, I am taking mental pictures all the time.

I know that there is no pain like the pain of a love-relationship ending. I’ve had it happen five times, three with the same man.

In ten years, my kids will be 27 and 25. I will be 53. I may be a grandmother. I have to go throw up now.

I started to notice that every time I pulled into the parking lot of my church, post-separation, I felt sick to my stomach.

First, to paraphrase Beth Moore, “The moment you got married, your husband became God’s will for you.”

The message given is so often: more more more. Try harder. Cook more. Submit more. But maybe that's not the issue.

What if other people saw my kid making poor choices? How will this poor decision reflect on my parenting?

Elisabeth Corcoran's book Unraveling shows the rocky journey of her difficult marriage, and the hope that others can draw from it.

Sadly, my kids have learned (though my divorce) that a family is more peaceful when marriage is not in the picture.

Single parenting can be rough and lonely. And although Jesus is our Redeemer, we must still deal with heartache.

Cloth vs. disposable. Pacifier vs. thumb. Bottle vs. breast. And that’s just the first few years! Mothering decisions are overwhelming.

I thought during all those years that I was married that submission meant I had to do what I was told.

One of my children tells me, repeatedly, and with a certain tone of disapproval, that I take everything too seriously.

I want to be the kind of wife who doesn’t care what her husband does as long as he isn’t hurting himself, me, my kids, or anyone else.

Question: “I have to see my ex-spouse at a special event and I’m so nervous. Any tips?”