Author: lindsayillustrates

I tried to keep things as normal as I could for the girls. We just about never stopped. Besides getting mastitis three times in the first three months after he left, I just kept moving forward and maintaining normalcy. We did all the same things we did before and continued to have park dates, play … Continue reading Where Do We Go From Here?

I sat their stunned... Angry... He said no. Confused... irrational... He said no... He said no to our marriage. No to me. No to our babies... He walked out of the room and left me sitting on the couch in frantic silence as my mind attempted to make sense of the fact that forever only … Continue reading Forever Only Meant Two Years and Ten Months

It happened so quickly, like a punch to the gut, a blow I never saw coming. I had expected a fight of some sort but instead was met with such resolve and certainty. A decision that would forever alter the course of my life, and my girls. I’ll never forget that day. It was our … Continue reading It Takes Just One Word To End A Marriage

Sometimes your heart knows things your physical world has yet to reveal. And sometimes that little voice is right. You are smarter than you think and braver than you believe. I had finally found proof, but I was devastated to learn that I was right. Finding proof of your husbands affair is the furthest thing … Continue reading And Just Like That, I Finally Had Proof of His Affair

  I will never forget the day I finally asked him. Five words was all it took for the walls of my world to crumble and my devastating new reality to sink in. “Are you having an affair.” As if the past few weeks and months hadn’t been enough to make we wonder, the days … Continue reading The Beginning of The End, Pt. 2