How Has Divorce Affected You?

Elder Oaks shared a wonderful talk about divorce.  In it, he said, “In one way or another, divorce touches most families in the Church.”
I thought about the way divorce has affected me.  I’ve been happily married for 14 years.  No talk of divorce has ever come up.  My parents and in laws are happily married as well.  I thought, I’m lucky, divorce hasn’t affected me.  But it has...divorce is all around.  My aunt and uncle got divorced.  My cousin, who was my best friend growing up got married right out of high school (years before I did) to a boy whose parents were also divorced.  They decided that they would break the cycle and wouldn’t get divorced.  This is a great goal and most couples have this goal before they married.  They had financial problems the first few years of marriage and moved in with my aunt.  It wasn’t great for their marriage but before things got too bad, they moved out and saved their marriage.  It was saving their financial problems living there, but they decided their marriage came first.  This all happened before I got married and I really admired them for it.  They are one of the strongest couples I know and its because they work at their marriage and make it a priority…always.
How has divorce affected you?  
How can we learn from those experiences?
By watching those around us we can learn from them.  Divorce should never be the first option but a last resort.  In his talk, he shares, "persons are far more successful in recovering their level of happiness after a death of a spouse than after a divorce.  That amazed me!  Divorce is not a one size fits all problem solver.  

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  1. Blissful in marriageMay 4, 2018 at 3:58 PM

    Thanks Katie for sharing this. How did you get the cute picture on there:)

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