could yall please pray for me. My husband has decided that he wants a divorce. he left on june 17th and stold 600$ that i had saved to raise my daughter. so now i am only living on 194$ a month which is really hard, but i cant get a job or i have to give him alimony which is really stupid. but the worst thing is that he left me for my friend in which i was helping her raise her child, which also may be my husbands son. they thought that it was his brothers son, but things are being said otherwise. i really have no clue what to do anymore. i have nobody to talk to about it. and to make things worse everyone in my husbands family are trying to deam me unfit to raise my child and get custody of her. i know it will never happen b/c of all the charges of child abuse on them but it just upsets me nonetheless. so please pray for me.
Thanks,
shorty

oh my... that's awful!

*hugs shorty*
I'll definitely be praying for you.

That's horrible.

I have a friend who got a divorce a little more then a year ago (I think), and it is never a good thing to go through (even if it's better to have the divorce then remain married to that person).

I'll pray for you. I'm sorry that things have turned out this way.

That's absolutely horrible. Of course I'll pray. I remember when you announced you were getting married, I think, was that on the AY? Anyway, sorry it soured, I'll pray for you.

im praying as we speak man that is horridle

what a horrible situation shorty. i'm sorry you are going through this. my prayer is that you will grow a stronger woman through this (not bitter).

in the place of suffering there is a God worth worshiping.

i hate divorce

well i hate divorice for stupid reasons at least, but not inside of abusive relationships

Thats so horrible, I'll definately be praying. That's so sad that you have to go through all of this, stay strong.

*hugs shory*

im soo sorry!! i will pray for you both and your daughter!

in the place of suffering there is a God worth worshiping.

amen, good song by the way. & may i point out the next line in the same song: "and on these wings of worship, we will rise" ya, if theres anything you can do to ease the unrelentless pain, its worship. also, worship counts as prayer in my book, God will hear ur cries into the night. he wont let you stand alone. trust me, a few nights ago my mom kinda blew up & went off for about a 1/2 hour blaming God for everything in her life. then i got mad & started telling her how God was good & she needed to stop which made things kind of explosive but i couldnt stand silent. & it killed me reely bad cause i thought my mom was the strongest christian i know but as i was crying i went in my room & sang that same part of the same song electric posted & i felt God in a way i never had before.

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thank yall for all your prayers. it means alot to me. yall are the only people who even remembered that yesterday was my birthday. sad to say even my family forgot. my husband somehow remembered and called me. i am trying to keep occupied and keep in church. sometimes when i cant stay in the service i just go down and help out in the nursery to get myself under control. but i think that through this i have become an even stronger christian, stronger in all areas of life. i do fine as long as my husband doesnt come around or call, but when he does it sets all my progress back again. i dont know how i will make it though 2x monthly visitations. but God will help me through it. once again thanks for all yours prayers.

Even the strongest of Christians fall short at times,
Just remember everyone has feelings and its okay to be upset at God.Because in the end we all repent and God forgives us all when we fall short.Sounds like your mom was just upset and needed someone to listen.Listening is not always easy,but remember God listens to us.Maybe it was not the right timing to preach about how good God is and have some sypathy for your mom.It's not easy being human.God Bless You and I hope things have gotten better for the 2 of you ;)

amen, good song by the way. & may i point out the next line in the same song: "and on these wings of worship, we will rise" ya, if theres anything you can do to ease the unrelentless pain, its worship. also, worship counts as prayer in my book, God will hear ur cries into the night. he wont let you stand alone. trust me, a few nights ago my mom kinda blew up & went off for about a 1/2 hour blaming God for everything in her life. then i got mad & started telling her how God was good & she needed to stop which made things kind of explosive but i couldnt stand silent. & it killed me reely bad cause i thought my mom was the strongest christian i know but as i was crying i went in my room & sang that same part of the same song electric posted & i felt God in a way i never had before.

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ah, you got the musical reference. great song and great testimony. worship is powerful. God inhabits the praises (not the complaints) of His people. so as we worship God in the midst of our circumstances, we allow the trials to strengthen us. (1 Peter 4:12-14, James 1:2-8 ).

it will be a process shorty, but you can overcome this and grow stronger. don't give up and i encourage you not to get bitter. (i know there may come a time where you grow to hate your ex-husband which i believe is a method done to protect yourself and give you time to heal from the wounds...but don't let the hate destroy you.)

I'm glad you're doing better, it's good to know you're growing. I'll redouble my prayer efforts for you.

thanks for all your prayers yall. up until wednesday night my husband was actually going to come back. then that night he stayed with his father and stepmother and now they have convinced him otherwise and its really hard to treat them with the love of God lately i just want to deal with it with my flesh so bad so pray that is keep it all under control. but God is moving he wont even take care of his g/f's kid anymore and they are on the rocks so who knows. i just wish he'd come to his senses and realize how much of his daughters life he is missing from his stupidity. but he doesnt want a divorce anymore so God is moving there. so im happy about that. next sunday we have another visitation so pray that maybe i can talk sense into him or something.
God bless,
Shorty

ya, God will give you the words to say. thats great news tho!

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thanks for all your prayers. i thought i was gonna have good news for you. we had visitation on sunday i ended up staying the night so that we could talk about things and work them out. on monday we went out to where he was staying and broke up with his girlfriend. then when we got home she kept calling every 10-20 seconds and wouldnt believe a word i was saying to her. so in the end i told her to come down and daniel would just have to make a choice and stop leading the both of us on(because he told us both he would come back to us) so he made the choice that it would be neither of us but he took off with her so the choice was clear to me. so im just gonna move on with my life and in 10 months when i can start the divroce filling process(in ny ya gotta wait 12 months to get divroced) then i can just get it over and start a new life. so please pray for me, what to do in the future on visitations and when he calls and such. also pray for his girlfriend so that she can understand what she is doing. i basically told her that i forgive her but i can never forget what she has done to me. i told her that if she stays with him then ill give them my blessing and stay outta things like i should and ill be happy for them. and i told her that if she makes the right choice and just puts her son first and moves on then i am more than willing to help her out. so pray for her. pray for daniel(my husband) that he can stop he drug habbit that hes started back up, when i went to get him from his brothers last night he was stoned out of his mind. so pray that God will somehow break that addiction. thanks for all your prayers

Wow, that's so sad. I will most definately pray for you.

well my husband called last night and said that misty his g/f and him were only friends now but i dont weather or not to believe it. he says that when i get moved into my place then he will move in. there is always an excuse with him. i just dont know what to do. please pray for wisdom and guidence for me.
thanks,
Shorty

just wanted to give yall a quick update. i might as well forget getting my marriage back. dan's g/f is pregnant, and i think i am as well. i dont know what to do anymore. please pray that i am not pregnant. its not what i need right now. a good news is that i got a new job $7 an hour no weekends. so im happy and my new house is almost ready for me to paint and move into so im atlaest happy about that

keeping you in my prayers :)

hang in there...you know God is with you & there is nothing u can't handle w/ Him. "All things work together for the good of those who love Him." that's wat the bible says & thats where u stand. the devil will keep swinging his fists @ you but u dont give up, ur a fighter b/c thats wat He made you to be. so, now that i think of it...dont just hang in there...fight in there. take wat the devil gives u & shove it right back in his face by giving praise to God. &, as you know, the perks of giving praise is that u can get into the presence of almighty God & theres just nothing better than that.

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well i got more bad/good news yesterday. i took it both ways. my mother-in-law called me yesterday and said that dan and his g/f moved 100 miles away. in a way its good b/c id rather have him be no father than an on and off father. but in a way its bad b/c i really didnt want my daughter to go through what i did growing up with out her dad. but oh well. i lived, so shall she. she is a strong girl and its better that it happened while she is this little so that she wont even remember him. but pray that when i get the money for the lawyer that the divorce will go through easy and he wont fight it and that he will hand over all rights to my daughter to me. then him and misty can get married and get outta their sin and evilness. he also told his mother that he moved down there so he wont get caught up with and have to pay child support. so pray for those things please

ya, i grew up w/o a dad being there for me. but God will put men in her life as fathers to her, even if they're arnt her biological father...it is still effective. not only that, but God will fill the hole. God filled the father shaped hole in my life so dramatically, it changed my life forever. but ya, she'll grow up being strong & able to handle herself, especially mentally & emotionally. all things work to the good of those who love Him, God will use this for her good.

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Yeighf, sounds like more bad stuff going on, you've really been put through some trying times. I'll definetly keep you in my prayers.

thanks for all your prayers yall. it really does mean alot, especially when my own church family doesnt even want to help me out. one person actually told me that its what i get for marrying so young. i am thinking of chaning churches. i am getting no support or anything there. like when my apartment building burned down they did nothing no love offering no asking if we needed anything. and my neighbors church that is less wealthy than mine gave them $500. my old youth pastor wants me to join his wifes church. so i might start going there with people i know and know that they care. because i thought that out of everyone in my life that my church family would be there the most for me, and their not. so pray for my church also.

I'll be praying for you.. and yeh, it sounds like you need to find a new church where the church family is supportive to everyone. Your old youth pastors church sounds good. You know some people there which always helps and if the people are supportive of everyone then t sounds like a godo place to be..

God Bless,

Yes, definetly find a new church. That sounds much like my old one, it's best to move on, find someplace better where you can fare well and grow.

i agree. it is vital to have a church body that cares about one another and supports one another. why else bother getting together every week?

i agree. it is vital to have a church body that cares about one another and supports one another. why else bother getting together every week?


To say that you go to chruch :( :-\ :'(

God put the church their to support his people to teach them and love them no matter what not to condem them they are God's church not God. in South africa our churches are basicly the same except for a few good one's.

To say that you go to chruch :( :-\ :'(

hmm...yeah. and then we think we're ok because we simply attend a service every week.

God's heart is for people. likewise, i believe His church must be the same...

hmm...yeah. and then we think we're ok because we simply attend a service every week.

God's heart is for people. likewise, i believe His church must be the same...

its like what the song says thatis by larue, about people only being christians oneday of the week. you can pose like your real in church, its easy to fake it, but God really knows and he says that if your lukewarm hes gonna spit ya out. and say depart from me b.c i never knew ya. so they will have some answering to do. but thanks for all yalls advice
God bless,
Shorty

yeah...it's a scary thought to think complancency makes God sick, to where he vomits the complacent out of His mouth.

it is a good reminder for me to make sure i am not lukewarm in any area of my life...that my priorities are right. in good times and bad.

I'm praying for you.

just wanted to thank yall for your prayers. i went to my church yesterday and decided its not the place for me anymore. not a single person talked to me, not even the pastor, so ive decided to leave. this sunday im going to try my youth pastors church. i know several people that go there and they are all begging me so im gonna give it a try.

could yall please pray for me. My husband has decided that he wants a divorce. he left on june 17th and stold 600$ that i had saved to raise my daughter. so now i am only living on 194$ a month which is really hard, but i cant get a job or i have to give him alimony which is really stupid. but the worst thing is that he left me for my friend in which i was helping her raise her child, which also may be my husbands son. they thought that it was his brothers son, but things are being said otherwise. i really have no clue what to do anymore. i have nobody to talk to about it. and to make things worse everyone in my husbands family are trying to deam me unfit to raise my child and get custody of her. i know it will never happen b/c of all the charges of child abuse on them but it just upsets me nonetheless. so please pray for me.
Thanks,
shortythat's horrible shorty!!! :o :( :'( :'( :'( {{*hugs*}} i'm praying 4 you!! :)

thanks very much

thanks very muchno problem!!, hun ;) :) God bless!!!

hey i got another prayer request. dan called the night before yesterday he wants to see oceahna sunday. i told him yes b/c its court ordered but its really his mother making him call b/c she wants to see her. i told her that she can see her anytime. i just think that cc would be better off without him in her life at all, hes a bad influence toward ppl. so im thinking about asking him to hand over all his legal rights of cc to me and tell him if he does then he doesnt have to pay child support and he can still see if he wants. i just dont know what to do. his g/f is driving me crazy whenever he calls she is always in the background saying something, i knowi shouldnt let it get to me but it does. she was yelling at him saying that he was to see cc on saturday and not sunday b/c she said so and that he is with her and their kids now and doesnt need to see cc and it really got me mad. and she thinks she is coming to the visitation. if she does ill have her arrested. i shouldnt have to deal with that. so please pray for me.
Shorty

My prayers are with you, Shorty. Things may be rough now, but remember this storm too will pass. And all things work for the good of those who love the Lord.
Hang in there.

-J

thanks for the encouragement skillet head.
he came to my house to see oceahna yesterday. only stayed about 1 hour max. didnt really even visit with her his family did. he got mad b/c i said that i had moved on, but id rather move on then sit around and wait for something that may never happen. so keep me in your prayers.

it is much healtheir for you (emotionally and such) to move on. to bring about closure and healing.

ya, ill 2nd that. dont let him tell you otherwise and stand firm as Christ holds you up.

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im glad that i finally found some people that agree with me. could yall please pray for me i am having an awful day and it just keeps getting worse. i need something good to happen today. i just feel like giving up on everything right now.

i wanted to thank yall for your prayers. Life has been getting a little better lately. My trailor is almost done so i can move in soon! My job might end up giving me a $2 raise for doing so well. I went back to my church yesterday, and i was actually talked to, the pastor is finally going to dedicate my daughter after 20 months! im sooo excited! i cant wait. thanks once again for all your prayers.

i'm praying for you Shorty!!!

thank you. i can use all the prayers i can get right now. i think i have the flu or something i dont know, but i really dont feel like being at work and they are offering me VTO but i really need to money so i dont want to go home.

well just an update for yall. Dan has decided to have nothing to do with CC any more because his g/f demanded it. I just find it hard to believe that a person could walk away from their own child just to make someone else happy. i could never do that.

Dan has decided to have nothing to do with CC any more because his g/f demanded it.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
that'd be a bad thing.
I'm praying for u Shorty!!!

Well, she did say that she'd rather him gone for good rather than just randomly comming in & out. From my expeirences, it hurt a lot to know that my dad was always right there but didn't spend time with me or get to know me. So, this could be a better thing. I'll pray that God puts other father figures into CC's life. Don't worry, if God did it for me, then God will do it for CC. God will also use this as a good thing, He also did that for me. I'm just basing this on my expeiriences, but I'm confident (as you are as well) that God will take care of things.

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its a good thing. it is what i wanted for her. i grew up in a seperated home. it was very hard having my father in and out of my life as he pleased. i couldnt understand why he was doing it and it really messed me up for a while and i dont want my daughter to go through that. so in a way im happy that it turned out this way, but i also know what its like to have a father walk totally out of the picture and not have him around and that hurts too. she will probably always wonder why he did it and he wont be around to anwswer it. and i really dont want to be the one to tell her that he left us for another woman who was more important that us.

its a good thing.

That's what I thought you'd say. But I wanted to make sure first before I answered

I just find it hard to believe that a person could walk away from their own child just to make someone else happy. i could never do that.

You wanted it, You probably prayed for it too, now you have it. God is looking out for both of you and as you just said, having him in and out when he wants will only make things worse. Now that won;t happen.

man that is so crazy i am terribly sorry, i will pray for you. mna it must be hard, but God will take care of it all dont worry. everything happens for a reason which may be hard to hear right now, but God will bless the situation.

i really need some of yalls prayers dealing with some anger that i am having. i went to my mom-in-laws yesterday and everything was going fine till dans gram demamnded that adam (dans bro) call dan. he was going to actually come down and visit with cc but misty (his g/f) told him that he couldnt and what she says goes, then she wanted to talk to me so i was like okay whatever, and she demanded that i bring my daughter to her house. and she got mad when i told her no, she knows that she is not alowed around cc. its just getting on my nerves today and totally ruining my day and im trying to keep her voice and the things she said out of my head but it just keeps getting in there. shes threatening to take me for custody but im not worried about that b/c she'll never get it, she is most likely getting the child she already has taken away. also cc is sick again, double ear infection, upper resp infection, cold, and bhrochitus. dr was like you can tell its getting cold out. she is like this for 2 weeks out of every month when its cold out. they want to put tubes in her ears, but im not sure about it. b/c she doesnt sleep through the night yet, and she still has a bottle and they said if she got them in that she couldnt have a bottle in the night that i would just have to up and take it away, its the only time she drinks a bottle anymore and im not wanting to take it away b.c it calms her down. so pray that i will make the right choice on that.

praying for you shorty :)

hey shorty sorry i saw this so late just know that god is there in all of this, rely on him and focus on your daughter, and her well being. and remeber that no matter what you have a friend in southern idaho, who you backed up in rough times and know i will do the same for you. drop me a line in my skillet box, i would love to hear from ya and know how things are going. and always remember if you need to chat let me know and if i am not there i will get back to you. also dont lewt this affect youlife and work cause the devil will try to do that, you are a child of god and you can do all things through christ who strenghthens you. contact me soon and gods blessings upon you and you daughter. mk kid (chris)

oo ya, what he said. Don't let the devil get the best of you. I'm prayin for ya.

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thanks yall. that means alot. just some people are really getting under my skin lately. dans gram went and told him that i still love and and that i want our marriage to work out and all this other crap and it really made me mad. because yeah i forgave him b/c its the right thing to do, but do i love him any more no, and frankly i dont want our marriage after all he has done to me.

trust in god, shorty and he will carry you it says when we are too weak he carries us and that is what he is doing with you. remeber their is only one form of scum in the world, and that is the devil himself and if he truly had enough sense he'd realize that messing with god's people is a dumb thing to do. get with your daughter and pray with her, also let her know that no matter what happens she has the best mom in the world. and at work ask god to strenghten you to clear your mind so you can focus on your work and when that you start to get mad he will calm you down. one last thing i hate people getting down on themselves so all i have to say is you are one of the most awesome dynamite people out there and if the world cant handle that well that is the worlds fault. mk kid out.

trust in god, shorty and he will carry you it says when we are too weak he carries us and that is what he is doing with you. remeber their is only one form of scum in the world, and that is the devil himself and if he truly had enough sense he'd realize that messing with god's people is a dumb thing to do. get with your daughter and pray with her, also let her know that no matter what happens she has the best mom in the world. and at work ask god to strenghten you to clear your mind so you can focus on your work and when that you start to get mad he will calm you down. one last thing i hate people getting down on themselves so all i have to say is you are one of the most awesome dynamite people out there and if the world cant handle that well that is the worlds fault. mk kid out.

thank you for those kind words mk kid. yall will be happy to know that i have finally let go of what she said. she isstill trying stuff though but im not letting it get to me at all. she finally let her son go with his father which is my brother in law. she got mad because he let me babysit him but he is my nephew and it was the only way thati would be able to see him. she doesnt believe me when i say that as long as her and dan are happy then so be it i dont really care. she is trying to say that i am up to something.

Don't be surprised when people are suspicious of you and say bad things about you. Let your light shine before men, show her what you're REALLY made of and it'll have a bigger impact on her than anything you can say.

yeah because my way of dealing with things is to always kill people with kindness then they always are thinking that i am trying to find some way to backstab them or something. but i really dont care anymore. i have moved on with my life and as long as he is happy with her then i am happy for him. she still thinks that i am going to try to steal him back but no matter how many times i tell her that i dont want him back she always says that im lying so i just either hang up on her or walk away. im not gonna sit there and argue over something that stupid. i pray everyday that they will cometo their senses and put God first. that is the main reason that i want to get the divorce finalized then if they are really in love then they can get married and get outta sin. so pray for them for that situation

I'm praying for you. God will lead you through this battle and he will give you unspeakable joy.

she still thinks that i am going to try to steal him back but no matter how many times i tell her that i dont want him back she always says that im lying so i just either hang up on her or walk away.
she probably thinks this about you because if she were in your position she couldn't think of doing anything but. in fact, that's just what she did do. besides, if someone switches sides once (like oceana's father did), there's always that risk they'll switch again. she's probably afraid that she'll lose him to you more than she's upset aboutyou taking him away. but what do i know, i've never met anyone involved. ;)

i think the best you can do is pray for her to understand what love is. she seems a bit lost on that subject.

yeah i have like given up on trying to even talk to her. things are better if there is no comunucation between the 2 of us. things in my life are doing great for once and id like to keep it that way for a while

well dan actually called on saturday, but only to tell me that he was cancelling the visitation that he had scheduled. he said that he had hit a deer the night before. so the car had to be fixed, but i am doing what God would tell me to do so i told him that anytime he wants to see her to just give me a call or if im at work my mom said that she would sit in so that he can see her. i prayed about the whole situation and im trying to do what God wants with all this and its really hard!! but ill get throught it with Gods help :) when i was praying God told me that i have to some how get misty's trust and lead her to him, so im geussing that i have to become her friend again which is gonna be really hard for me. but i geuss in the end it will be for the better because one of her kids is my daughters cousin and the other will be her half sibling when its born. so pray that i will be able to do all the work that God wants me to do!!
God bless,
Shorty

Wow, that's so tough. I greatly respect your oberdience, that's pretty crazy. I'm defenintly praying for you.
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thank you so much drumchick101!! i have no clue how i am going to do this, its only by God's strength. right now God is leading me to tell his family that they need to accept her as part of the family b/c she gave birth to 1 kid into their family and is pregnant with a 2nd. and he is telling me that i need to tell them that they need to let her be there at the holidays or they are going to loose dan, he will walk away from them. so i have alot weighing down on me right now. and i have to find time to contact them before thanksgiving and i work 10-9 everyday till turkey day!! but i will find some way to do it. so please keep prayin

wow, yes, I will definately be praying Shorty.

thanks aragornsgirl217!! i got an email from dan yesterday night accusing me of taking him to court, which im not but it didnt really bother me at all. i called the court building this morning to see what it was regarding to see if i had to be there for something. they said its because he went and signed up to get welfare and they are making him pay child support to me seeing that he is living off the system. and they said that if i wanted to be there i could but i dont have to be. so i came to work instead. i need the money alot more.

Do you know what your life sound like to me? One of those stories a pastor will throw into his message to wake people and let them know that they need to suck it up. I can not count how many people I know who would have given up and done something horribly drastic in your situation. But not you, you just keep chuggin' along, saying "God will pull through." You completly blow me away when I really think about your entire situation. May I say it if I havn't already...you inspire me.

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Do you know what your life sound like to me? One of those stories a pastor will throw into his message to wake people and let them know that they need to suck it up. I can not count how many people I know who would have given up and done something horribly drastic in your situation. But not you, you just keep chuggin' along, saying "God will pull through." You completly blow me away when I really think about your entire situation. May I say it if I havn't already...you inspire me.

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thank you so very much!! that just made my day! most people tell me that i am dumb for the way that i am dealing with this situation, but most of them arent christians so that is probably why. but yeah thanks again for that!!! ;D

Dumb... DUMB!?!? Slap those idiots senseless! They don't know what they're taking about! You're doing an excellent job under the circumstances!

Ya, what Scott said...

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ps. That's a great way of putting it, Scott ;D

thanks yall!! im glad to know that some people think im doing the right thing. even my family which are all christians think that ive gone crazy, but its all good. i do have another prayer request though. im going out after work with some friends and were going bowling and none of them are saved so pray that God will give me a chance to witness to them and invite them to church!!

hey yall i need a little bit of advice to make sure that i am doing the right thing. even though i am still technically married until june b/c we had to ahve a 1 year legal seperation, i am dating someone else and i was wondering if yall thinks its okay by God, b/c i really like him and he loves my daughter to bits and pieces. so any advice at all would be great!
thanks,
shorty

By man's laws, you are still married.

But I think that as far as God is concerned, you are already divorced and are not held by your vows.

Don't take that as the Word of God though, that's only my thoughts. Pray about it before you jump to anything.

I don't think I can help you there. I say that because of my youth and inexpeience. I don't want to give you bad advice.

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personally, i think you should wait until the divorce is final before any serious dating. friendship is ok... but not dating.

just my $0.02

thank yall for your advice :)

hey i just wanted to thank you all for all your prayers and advice for all the things that i have been going through with this matter. when i get my income tax money back i will be filing for my divorce to get it done and over. please pray that everything will go through without any problems so that i can finally be free of all this and be able to fully move on. thanks so much and God bless yall

I'll be continuing to pray :).

I'll be continuing to pray :).
thank you for all your prayers everyone. it has really meant alot to me..... i am still waiting on getting my taxes done s`o `i havent got the divorce done yet.....things didnt work out with the guy that i was dating either... asked me to marry him january then broke up with me thursday from stress from not get deployed... but im not too upset about it.....

Man chica, I am so proud of you, you've gone though so much and yet still love and serve God so much! It's such an encouragemnt to me! I hope everything works out well, you deserve it! =)

I'll be praying for you shorty.

Man chica, I am so proud of you, you've gone though so much and yet still love and serve God so much! It's such an encouragemnt to me! I hope everything works out well, you deserve it! =)

thank you so much!! i just hope that none of yall will ever have to go through any of it....