hi rickya,

I read a little bit about your story and just want to encourage you to keep fighting for your marriage. My wife recently divorced me and she was right to do so - so now I am fighting for our marriage to be restored - so I know a little bit of how you are feeling.

However, most of this "fight" or standing for your marriage will be within - battling our emotions, fears, discouragement, etc. But you can do this. This is going to be a crucible and a time of really testing our character, our faith, our commitment and our patience. But nothing great is without a sacrifice.

I definitely feel like giving up and I'm sure you do too at times. However, if you believe your marriage is worth saving, don't give up no matter how bad the circumstances are. Realize that this is going to be a long journey - months or even over a year. I agree with the other posters on your previous thread - learning everything you can about DBing and definitely try to GAL. Exercise has really helped and prayer has done wonders.

I'm praying and hoping that both you and I will be able to look back a year or so from now - knowing that we didn't give up and that our marriages were restored.