Divorce was one of those things that was never going to happen to me, like never in a million years. If someone had told me that I would be on my own, as a single mum for 10 years, I would have said, ‘No way, not a chance, not going to happen!’ Divorce was not meant to be my story. I met my husband when I was 22 and we were both working for the …....
“So, several people from church have told me you have a split personality disorder.” I leaned closer to the passenger door of my date’s pickup truck and felt tears begin to brim in my eyes. These were some of the first words my “date” said to me on the way to the restaurant. I felt ashamed, confused and misunderstood. Not only was the accusation untrue, it w....
From as young as I can remember I dreamed of being a mother. As the eldest child in our family I embraced the role of protective big sister to my two younger sisters and brother. My dreams for my life were traditional and uncomplicated. I would become a nurse like my mom and then a wife and mother. I was not a natural student and did not enjoy school. As a shy and quiet teenage....
My story begins in 1939, on the gently rolling plains of Minnesota, USA. My parents, were both children of European immigrants, my mother was German and my father, Swedish. My father was a farmer and my four older siblings and I learned from an early age how to be useful around the farm; collecting eggs, feeding pigs, milking cows, helping out in the corn field. I was a shy chi....
My grandfather was a successful businessman and my father continued his legacy. As far as material possessions were concerned our family had it all, expensive homes, the latest European cars, designer clothes, jewelry and the latest and greatest toys. From the outside it looked like I had the perfect life, but behind the walls of our beautiful home it was a totally different st....
