Thank you for Being There

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the lon

Being part of a group of betrayed partners and spouses was nothing I envisioned in a million years. For who of us expects to be betrayed by their spouse, or expects to be married to a sex addict?

It’s not the kind of thing you ever think, or dream, about. And it’s not the kind of thing you really want to talk about.

In fact, you think you must be starring in some other person’s life for you simply can’t believe that this is happening to you. It’s scary, and it’s crazy, and it cuts you to the heart. And that’s why it’s so important to encounter wives like you.

A community of women who are walking this road, too. A group of shell-shocked women who can get what you’re going through. It soon becomes a life-line for these women understand. There’s no need to explain things: it is obvious to them.  

You can feel the deep compassion … for you know they’ve struggled, too. They’ve also asked those questions, and they know PTSD.

For we’re all disorientated. We all wish that it would end. We all fight with intense feelings. We all hate what we’ve been through.

But there’s also strength and hope from those who’re further down the road. They’re real about the trauma. They don’t hide what it’s been like. You know they’ve had their lows, and they’ve been desperate just like you. But they’ve survived; they’ve made it.

Does that mean there’s hope for you?  

So, thank you to each woman who has opened up and shared.

We’re thankful you’re there for us.

Now we know we’re not alone.